The declaration of a shipping corridor in defiance of Russian bombardment was always going to be risky. But for Ukraine, it was a strategic necessity. Before the war, 60% of the country’s trade went through its deep-sea ports, travelling to markets in Africa and the Middle East as it had done for centuries before. Russia’s decision to reimpose a blockade was an act of economic war.On september 19th military and civil shipping officers huddled in a secret control room to watch the Resilient Africa as it departed Odessa’s Chornomorsk port. As the first vessel to enter and leave using Ukraine’s new emergency shipping corridor, established after the collapse of a un-brokered grain deal, tensions were high. Do you think that Russia is losing the black sea war ?

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