Times: British Defense Minister did not go to Odessa due to security issues

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, “Grant Shapps, the British Defense Minister, who went to Ukraine on March 7th, canceled the trip to the port of Odessa for security reasons after Russia learned of his whereabouts.

Before preparing to travel to the port city of Odessa on the Black Sea, he met with the president of Ukraine and The head of the Ukrainian army met. But moments before he was set to travel to Odessa, the program was cancelled.

A report from The Sunday Times said the change was because Russian authorities had rejected the plan. They were informed.

After this incident, the spokesman of the British Ministry of Defense said: The Minister of Defense did not visit Odessa during his recent trip to Ukraine for security reasons.

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