Prediction record
HitgeopoliticsRussia will soon begin actively targeting Ukrainian grain shipments.
A scored record for Peter Zeihan, made on .
Scored record
Hitgeopolitics“the question will be if we get to a point where the Russians start actually targeting shipments themselves we're not there yet it's probably just around the corner”
Russia will soon begin actively targeting Ukrainian grain shipments.
- Made on
- 2023-06-16
- Outcome
- Hit
- Importance
- 4 / 5
- Contribution
- +3.68
Criterion
- Resolution status
- resolved
- Resolved on
- 2023-07-19
Russia conducts deliberate military strikes on Ukrainian grain shipments/export vessels or loading infrastructure within ~12 months of the utterance.
Criterion (Russia conducts deliberate military strikes on Ukrainian grain shipments/export vessels or loading infrastructure within ~12 months) is clearly met, and met very early. Beginning the night of July 18-19, 2023 — about one month after the June 16 utterance and well inside the 12-month window — Russia struck Odesa/Mykolaiv/Chornomorsk port and grain-terminal infrastructure, grain silos, and civilian vessels, then extended to the Danube ports (Reni, Izmail). resolved_on (2023-07-19) reflects the onset of the documented deliberate strikes on grain infrastructure.
Sources
5 EU Countries BAN Ukrainian Agriculture Exports || Peter Zeihan
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Outcome evidence
PBS NewsHour: After the Kremlin halted the Black Sea Grain Initiative (terminated July 17, 2023), Russia hit 'critical port facilities in Odesa' on successive nights, deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure. Strikes hit Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Chornomorsk port cities for multiple consecutive nights.
UN Security Council briefing (press.un.org, July 2023): senior UN official reported Russia targeted port infrastructure in Odesa and Mykolaiv and shelled grain silos, sheds, and grain terminals, plus strikes on grain-storage facilities at Reni and Izmail (Danube ports). Ukraine accused Moscow of hitting 26 port facilities, five civilian vessels, and 180,000 tonnes of grain in nine days.
CSIS analysis ('Russia's Renewed Attacks on Ukraine's Grain Infrastructure'): documents the deliberate, systematic Russian campaign against Ukrainian grain export infrastructure beginning immediately after the July 17, 2023 withdrawal from the grain deal — i.e., within roughly one month of the June 16, 2023 utterance.
Corrections
No public corrections.
Score contribution
+3.68- Confidence
- 80%
- Outcome
- Hit
- Importance
- 4 / 5
- Contribution
- +3.68
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Provenance
Russia will soon begin actively targeting Ukrainian grain s…- Methodology version
- v1.0.0
- Last computed
- July 4, 2026
- Made on
- 2023-06-16
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