Turkey suspects conspiracy behind Black Sea mines

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has reportedly raised the possibility that mines discovered off his country’s coast were purposely deployed in the Black Sea as a pretext for sending NATO minesweepers to the region amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

“We have doubts as to whether the mines were left intentionally,” the defense minister told members of Turkey’s Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) in a meeting last week, the Hurriyet Daily News reported on Sunday. “Maybe these mines were left within a plan for NATO minesweepers to enter the Black Sea.”

The aim of this type of scheme might be to pressure Ankara into allowing NATO warships to enter the Black Sea through the Turkish Straits, Akar said. He insisted that Ankara will abide by the Montreux Convention, which allows Turkey to regulate maritime traffic through the straits during times of war.

"We will not let warships into the Black Sea. We will not allow the Black Sea to be drawn into the war."
RT
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1a. Black Sea, Bosporus, Mediterranean Sea Ships safe after reports on drifting mines:
(https://youtu.be/0pcrA0OLpcM)
1b. Mines floating in Black Sea to reach Romania in four days, Bulgaria in ten days:
(https://youtu.be/lrHkY8MctoE)
2. Report About Mine-Like Object At Entrance To Bosphorus Strait:
(https://youtu.be/eNLLC5aOAls)
3. Ukrainian naval mines sail towards the Bulgarian coast:
(https://youtu.be/Bctc15LBX88)
4. Mines placed by Ukraine in Black Sea may drift toward Bosporus, Mediterranean Sea:
(https://youtu.be/AcYS8oyiIzo)
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5. Russia Creating Humanitarian Corridor for 67 Foreign Ships trapped in Ukraine Ports:
(https://youtu.be/DdMJmFDsZmU)
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