“Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the latest attacks on the vessels of the Russian “shadow fleet” in the Black Sea are an alarming escalation of the situation.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European truth” with reference to Anadolu
Details: After a meeting of the Turkish government, Erdogan said that the war between Russia and Ukraine “has reached a level that openly threatens the safety of shipping in the Black Sea.”
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“Attacks on merchant vessels in our exclusive economic zone indicate an alarming escalation of the situation. We cannot in any way justify these attacks, which threaten the safety of shipping, people’s lives and the environment, especially in our exclusive zone,” he added.
Last Friday, two sanctioned tankers caught fire in the Black Sea as a result of external strikes off the coast of Turkey. “UP” sources in the SBU said that this was a special operation of the Security Service of Ukraine.
According to sources, SBU Sea Baby drones hit two sanctioned oil tankers KAIRO and VIRAT in the Black Sea. In Turkey, at first it was assumed that tankers could be affected missiles or drones.
According to the OpenSanctions portal, in January of this year, the United States introduced sanctions against the VIRAT vessel, and then the European Union, Switzerland, Great Britain and Canada joined them. Similarly, in July of this year, the EU imposed sanctions against the KAIROS vessel, which was later joined by Great Britain and Switzerland.