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**Update #1 Below-**

[Ukraine Claims Responsibility for the Attack](https://www.rawstory.com/ukraine-claims-blast-on-crimea-bridge/)

**It seemed obvious they were responsible and that the US & UK helped them**

> 

**Ukraine both undertook and celebrated the attack last year with a commemorative stamp- Clearly they did the attack- Writing “*Moscow blamed Kyiv”* is obfuscation or a lie of omission.**

> Over the course of the last year, the Black Sea Grain Initiative has enabled the export in cargo of more than 32 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain.
> 
> But t**hat traffic has come to a halt because of Russia’s refusal so far to renew the deal.**

**Because the refusal to extend came before the strike on the bridge**

> **The last cargo ship cleared by the signatories to the deal — Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations — Turkish bulk carrier TQ Samsun, was headed across the Black Sea from the Ukrainian port of Odesa towards Istanbul, the Marine Traffic website showed late Sunday.**

**Again the deal was over before the blast-**

> In the Kupyansk area of Kharkiv region **Russian forces had been “actively advancing since the end of last week,**” **Deputy Defence Minister Ganna Malyar said.**
> 
> Kyiv last month began its highly anticipated fightback against entrenched Russian troops after stockpiling Western weapons and building up its offensive forces.
> 
> It has **recently acknowledged difficult battles and called on the United States and other allies to provide long-range weapons and artillery.**
> 
> “***People should understand what price we pay for (advancing),” a commander on the ground, “Bulat”, told AFP. “There are a lot of enemies. We need time to grind them down.”***

**I’ve repeatedly mention the high cost to Ukraine, all unnecessarily incurred.**

> View of the damage to the Kerch bridge from the train. [pic.twitter.com/gFuPkz62lE](https://t.co/gFuPkz62lE)
> 
> — ayden (@squatsons) [July 17, 2023](https://x.com/squatsons/status/1680877552267845634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)





**Western claims the grain deal was ended due to the attack on the bridge are false- The grain deal had defacto (for all intents and purposes) ended yesterday (Sunday) or Saturday when the last ship left Ukraine**

\***See update above- It was Sunday**

<https://www.forexlive.com/news/black-sea-grain-deal-has-not-been-extended-as-of-now-but-everything-is-possible-says-tass-20230716/>

[![Eamonn Sheridan](https://i0.wp.com/images.financemagnates.com/user-profiles/6553e4b4-5d84-486a-9165-8a8b3f02bf22_size50.jpeg?w=580&ssl=1)](https://www.forexlive.com/author/eamonn-sheridan/)[Eamonn Sheridan](https://www.forexlive.com/author/eamonn-sheridan/)

Sunday, 16/07/2023 | 17:42 GMT-4

> Reuters with the headline, via Russian news agency TASS citing UN sources. Says that the **Black Sea grain deal has not been extended as of now** but everything is possible.
> 
> The Black Sea grain deal, in a nutshell, allows for commercial food and fertilizer exports from three key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea despite the Russian invasion of the country.

[**Ukraine has already been using the cluster munitions provided to them by the US.**](https://us.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/07/17/amanpour-igor-zhovkva-nato-cluster-munitions.cnn)

**Zelensky claims they won’t be used against civilians- They will. They will be used liberally against civilians**

Updated at the top.