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\nAfter Moscow suffered two attacks within 24 hours from Ukrainian drones in the Black Sea with more assaults anticipated, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that his country would inflict an \u201cecological disaster\u201d if the Eastern European state yearns for it, stating \u201cthat will stink for centuries\u201d.
\n\u201cIf the Kyiv \u2026 want to create an ecological disaster in the Black Sea, they should get one on the part of their territory that will soon fall to Poland and that will stink for centuries after that,\u201d said Medvedev.
\n\u201cThat will be the final judgement for them on the grain deal,\u201d he said, as the Russia-Ukraine war has intensified since Moscow started its special military operation against Kiyv on February 2022.
\nThe comments by the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council came as Russia was attacked two times in the Black Sea incurring damage to its warship, with the latest one hitting a Russian oil tanker overnight in Crimea marking.
\nThere were no casualties reported in the aftermath however the Crimean bridge and ferry transport were halted for hours, according to officials in Crimea.
\nA Reuters report suggested that the drone with 450 kg of explosives hit the SIG vessel as it transported fuel for the Russian military in Ukrainian territorial waters.
\nMedvedev spoke after Ukrainian sea drone attacks on a Russian warship in the port of Novorossiysk, and against a tanker.
\nPutin chaired a meeting of the Security Council Friday which Medvedev attended following the attack on Novorossiysk, in which the Olenegorsky Gornyak, a Russian Navy landing ship, was reported to have been badly damaged.
\n\u201cScumbags and freaks understand only cruelty and force. Apparently, the strikes on Odesa, Izmail, and other places were not enough for them,\u201d Medvedev said in a post on his official social media accounts.
\nRussia has in recent weeks targeted the Black Sea port of Odesa, where the Ukrainian Navy is headquartered, and Izmail, Ukraine\u2019s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania, damaging port infrastructure and grain facilities.
\nMoscow began the port attacks after a Ukrainian strike on the bridge which links Russia with Crimea, killing the parents of a teenage girl and causing serious damage.
\nThe United Nations and some Western and African countries have urged Russia to return to the grain deal, something Moscow has said it will only do if and when an agreement designed to facilitate the export of Russian grain and fertilisers is implemented.
\nMedvedev suggested retaliatory Russian strikes against Ukraine for its sea drone attacks could end any chances of reviving the grain deal.
\nTop Russian security officials have suggested, without providing evidence, that Polish troops will be deployed to western Ukraine at some point, while Russia will hold on to and expand the territory it has unilaterally annexed in the south and east of Ukraine.
\nKyiv, which is carrying out a counteroffensive, said that it remains committed to retaking all of its territory, including Crimea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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