another obstacle here. there are hundreds of mines along the black sea laid by both sides. obviously those mines will have to be swept and russia will have to be involved in that providing either intelligence as to the location of those mines that they laid if not actually helping to sweep those mines themselves. so all of that involves a great deal of trust that they will actually do this. so is that worry because if a ship carrying xwgrain hits a i mean, russia could say there is no way of knowing who put it there. there is no trust of russia that is absolutely sure. and about the safe passage, that was discussed here in ukraine that the ukrainian sea will not be de-mined because if it will be de-mined, it will open the seashore for possible russian landing operation. so ukraine will not de-mine the sea. but ukrainian armed forces know where the safe passage lies and
so does russian forces for their side. so what will be done, there will be a safe corridor made by a special ship and this convoy of ships export in grain will take the safe corridor. it has to be for now made so it is not yet here so we don t know where the safe corridor will go and probably it will go for example to the west of the sea l line. we still don t know. but it has to be made. and the part of this deal was that ukraine will not de-mine its course line to make it fully protected against russian landing operation. and we ll have to leave it there. so much at stake, food for millions of people here. thank you so much for your expertise, maria. appreciate it. thank you.
ukraine says its naval units are preparing for a russian landing operation in the area. in a late night address, president zelensky accused russia of deliberately trying to destroy mariupol and everyone in it. mr zelensky warned that eliminating ukrainian fighters in the city would put an end to peace talks. meanwhile, explosions have again been heard in the capital, kyiv and in the western city of lviv. air raid sirens have been going off across much of the country overnight. this report is from helena wilkinson. forweeks, mariupol has been battered by sustained russian attacks. the kremlin says it s now cleared urban areas of ukrainian forces and it s made this offer to ukrainian soldiers fighting in the port city lay down your arms by later this morning and your safety will be guaranteed. earlier, the president of ukraine
ukraine says its naval units are preparing for a russian landing operation in the area. in a late night address, president zelensky accused russia of deliberately trying to destroy mariupol and everyone in it. mr zelensky warned that eliminating ukrainian fighters in the city would put an end to peace talks. meanwhile, explosions have again been heard in the capital, kyiv, and in the western city of lviv. air raid sirens have been going off across much of the country overnight. this report is from helena wilkinson. forweeks, mariupol has been battered by sustained russian attacks. the kremlin says it s now cleared urban areas of ukrainian forces and it s made this offer to ukrainian soldiers fighting in the port city lay down your arms by later this morning and your safety will be guaranteed. earlier, the president of ukraine had this warning for russia.