Russia may use sea mines to target civilian shipping in the Black Sea, including by laying them on the approach to Ukrainian ports, the British government said on Wednesday citing intelligence.
Russia pulled out of a deal in July that had allowed Ukraine to safely ship food products out through what is traditionally its main export corridor.
Britain said its assessment of the intelligence was that Russia was seeking to target civilian shipping traveling through the humanitarian corridor in order to deter the export of Ukrainian grain. "By releasing our assessment of this intelligence, the U.K. seeks to expose Russia's tactics to deter any such incident from occurring."
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