Sea drone attack on Russian fleet puts focus on expanded Ukrainian arms.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The United Nations and Turkey notified Russian authorities, according to Ismini Palla, a spokesperson for the Joint Coordination Center.
50% : Although Russia has suspended its participation in a deal that allowed Ukraine to export its grain by ship, 12 cargo vessels carrying grain set sail from the country's Black Sea ports on Monday after the deal's brokers, Turkey and the United Nations, notified Moscow.
48% :"Russia stopped the deal but it has opened a loophole for Turkey to negotiate," she said, by keeping a presence at the Joint Coordination Center -- which houses the team of officials from Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations that monitor the grain ships.
46% : The Russian Defense Ministry's statement -- coupled with remarks from Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, reported by Interfax that Moscow "cannot allow unimpeded passage of vessels without our inspection" -- signaled that the movement on Monday of some vessels carrying grain might have been a one-off.
41% :There was no immediate comment from Ukraine's government or the United Nations, which helped broker the initial deal.

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