Drones in the Black Sea Credit CNN The downing of a US surveillance drone (Reaper MQ-9 class) which flew from its base in Romania to carry out its routine mission of capturing images of Russian assets and troops deployment and its falling into the Black Sea may heighten tensions in the Ukraine war zone. What
China Criticised Much to the chagrin of the United States China has not outrightly criticised Russia's blatant invasion of Ukraine. China maintains that the US and NATO were to blame for provoking Russia to launch aggression against Ukraine. China and the US continue to exchange diplomatic barbs over Taiwan. The US , EU and UK
Grain Silos Courtesy Ukraine Business News Ukraine is the worlds 4th exporter of grains. Silos in territory under the control of the Ukrainian government were at 50 % storage after Russia blockaded the sea ports of Ukraine. At one stage almost 30 million tonnes of grain were stored in Ukrainian held territory out of a
US & EU Sanctions Panama Canal is a marvel of maritime architecture and facilitates global ocean borne trade. The progressive development did not take place overnight though . Panama was targeted as a facilitator in illicit trade of petroleum and crude of Iran and after the conflict in Ukraine a fresh salvo has been fired
Sanctions & Disruption of Energy Supply Chain Courtesy The Japan Times After the conflict in Ukraine erupted Russian supply of oil and piped gas to the European Union got severely disrupted. The US and EU imposed sanctions as well as a price cap on Russian crude. The ostensible purpose seems to be to curb Russia's
