乌克兰正通过第三方向俄罗斯提议达成协议，双方停止对黑海民用船只的攻击，以重新开放关键粮食走廊[1]。自7月以来，乌克兰无人机已击中约220艘船只，包括油轮、粮食货轮和客运渡轮，而俄罗斯则加强了对乌克兰南部港口的打击，7月曾造成10名水手丧生，其后又有16名港口工人和水手在近期攻击中遇难[1]。
这一提议反映了国际粮食安全的现实考量——乌克兰90%的粮食和向日葵出口来自敖德萨及相邻港口[1]。该动向同时受到美国副总统JD万斯7月31日通话中的影响，他曾要求泽连斯基停止对从哈萨克斯坦运来的油轮的攻击[1]。泽连斯基在周三声称乌克兰对港口进行了"大规模"联合攻击，击毁了包括两艘护卫舰、一艘大型登陆舰和一艘科维特舰在内的俄罗斯军舰[1]。两国曾在2022年7月至2023年7月期间签署由土耳其和联合国斡旋的黑海粮食倡议[1]。
Ukraine is proposing an agreement with Russia through third-party intermediaries to halt attacks on civilian ships in the Black Sea and restore access to critical grain corridors.[1] Since July, Ukrainian drones have struck approximately 220 vessels, including tankers, grain carriers, and passenger ferries.[1] Russian forces have intensified their own attacks on Ukrainian southern ports, with Russian drone strikes in July alone killing ten sailors, followed by sixteen additional port workers and sailors in subsequent assaults.[1]
The proposal reflects practical concerns about international food security, particularly given that 90 percent of Ukraine's grain and sunflower exports originate from Odesa and adjacent ports.[1] The initiative has been influenced by pressure from U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who called Zelenskyy on July 31st to demand that Ukraine cease attacking tankers carrying oil shipments from Kazakhstan.[1] Meanwhile, Zelenskyy reported on Wednesday that Ukraine conducted a "massive" joint strike on ports, destroying Russian military vessels including two frigates, one large landing ship, and one corvette.[1]
The two nations previously agreed to similar arrangements under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which was brokered by Turkey and the United Nations and remained in effect from July 2022 to July 2023.[1]