The Black Sea mines [View all]

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The Russians took over the Azov Sea. Now, they are more active in the Black Sea, with aggression against Odesa. There are reports of mines broken away from moorings and floating up against the shores of Turkey. My, that's a long way away from the Odesa harbor. What is going on...

I found a link to an interesting video report:

It is old, from March 3, 2022, but the graphics are informational and explanations are given. Who is Sal Mercogliano? I dunno--" former merchant mariner and maritime historian at Campbell University." In particular, he has a discussion of the yachts available for seizure. Interesting!

It seems like perhaps Ukraine did put those harbor mines in there, and now they are broken free by whatever means. The Black Sea shipping is threatened, and you can see a gradual clearing out of shipping from all areas. This video does its best to explain the enormous consequences of the disruption of even 15% of world-wide shipping, especially the Black Sea shipping. Because the world will now face food insecurity because of this unfounded, aggressive territory expansion by Russia, it would behoove us to understand all the nuances of what it means to the entire world.

This video makes a point of showing how Russia attacked NATO shipping, and no one really cared...