The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the aggressor country again put forward new demands, without the solution of which it threatens not to continue the Black Sea Grain Initiative after May 18, writes Railway Supply magazine with reference to the CFTS.

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“Reconnection of Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT, resumption of supplies of agricultural machinery, spare parts and service, lifting of restrictions on insurance and reinsurance, plus lifting of the ban on access to ports; resumption of operation of the Tolyatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline, unblocking foreign assets and accounts of Russian companies associated with production and transportation of food and fertilizers,” the Russian diplomatic mission said.

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The Russian officials has repeatedly withdrawn the thesis that the Black Sea Grain Initiative after March 18 was extended for only 60 days, and not for 120, as the UN, Ukraine and Turkey insist.

In exchange for the work of the “grain corridor” Russia once again demands to resume the export of its ammonia in transit through the territory of Ukraine. In particular, the aggressor country wants to resume the operation of the Tolyatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline and the transshipment of ammonia to the Yuzhny port for further transportation by ships across the Black Sea. Using this as a pressure factor, the Russian Federation is simultaneously building a terminal for transshipment of ammonia and nitrogen fertilizers in the port of Taman.

At the same time, experts note that the real subtext of Russian demands is different. “The ammonia pipeline enters the territory of Ukraine near the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, along the front line between Kharkiv and the occupied part of the Lugansk region. The resumption of pumping ammonia through this pipe clearly requires a ceasefire in this sector of the front. The Ukrainian authorities do not agree to this, realizing that this may create an unfavorable precedent for a partial truce, – Andriy Klymenko, head of the Monitoring Group of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, commented earlier.

Recall that on March 18, the Minister for the Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov said that the agreement on the Black Sea Grain Initiative was extended for another 120 days. Later, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said that Turkey and the UN also officially announced that the Black Sea Grain Initiative had been extended for 120 days.

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