Is It Inevitable.

[pimplyteen]

If and when the grain ships leave the ports in Ukraine, Putin will blow 1 or 2 to bits, then state afterwards, they must have accidentally hit some mines. It wasn't us.

[bookbinder]

...but we don't know that. Yet.

[Peter Pedant]

could it occur
yup
will it occur, |I suppose time will tell

another impounded ship, in Leb this time over stolen grain.

and finally, kherson, which they are planning to retake
first time round the Russians just marched in, and told the population that they were Russian now

[pimplyteen]

14.41 There was an if and when in the OP.

[William51]

I do not trust a Russians at all, if Putin does not order it a local commander might do it anyway.

[johnk]

Most probably, he's not kept to any agreements and regards negotiations as a sign of weakness and then takes advantage of any agreement.