Turkey to ban Russian warships from Black Sea [View all]

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Source: Guardian

13:48

Turkey will stop Russian warships from passing through the Black Sea, according to Ukrainian prime minister Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

In a tweet, Zelenskiy said that the country had pledged military and humanitarian support for Ukraine.

Turkey will stop warships passing through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits, which connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.

On Thursday 13 Ukrainian soldiers were killed on the small rocky Snake Island in the Black Sea when bombarded by a ship and by air.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/26/russia-ukraine-latest-news-fighting-kyiv-zelenskiy-assault-putin-capital

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Update at Guardian link:

14:21

There’s some confusion about Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s claim earlier that Turkey had pledged to close the straits to access the Black Sea.

Russia, via the Interfax news agency, had said it has had no official notification of the closure. It’s believed that Zelenskiy’s tweet may have been a request for Turkey to take action, rather than a confirmation that it would be in place.

The Montreux Convention, which governs the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, says that ships from Black Sea states will be allowed to return to port during wartime. If Turkey did go ahead and ban warships from the strait, it would break the convention.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/26/russia-ukraine-latest-news-fighting-kyiv-zelenskiy-assault-putin-capital