November 8, 2022

Turkey 2022: Blocked Russian Cruiser & Destroyer 9 Months

In a win for the democratic world, Middle East Eye, Nov 7, 2022, reports:

"...Two Russian Navy ships have finally left the Mediterranean after sitting idle for 9 months due to Turkey’s ban on the transfer of warships to the Black Sea amid the Ukraine war, one regional source with information told Middle East Eye

The Ukraine-based Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies reported on [Nov 6, 2022] that the [14,500 tonne, Russian missile cruiser Varyag] the flagship of the Russian Pacific Fleet, and [8,000 tonne Udaloy-class destroyer, Admiral Tributs] left the Mediterranean Sea on 21 October through the Suez Canal.

Both ships had originally arrived in the Mediterranean Sea on 2 February [2022] a couple of weeks short of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

...In March [2022] at least four Russian ships - two destroyers, a frigate, and an intelligence vessel - were turned away after [Turkey] denied them access..."

MUCH MORE OF THE MIDDLE EAST EYE ARTICLE HERE

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