Ankara has proposed to Moscow and Kyiv a mechanism to prevent strikes on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, said Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
"Turkey has made a proposal to Russia and Ukraine to create a special mechanism that would prevent attacks," he said in an interview with Anadolu agency.
As the minister noted, the situation has gradually become a danger to civilian navigation and commercial shipping.
"We warn the parties that attacks on Turkish ships or ships with Turkish owners or Turkish crew become a serious problem for us," he concluded.
Yesterday, the dry cargo ship MV G? Ll? K under the Turkish flag was hit by a drone off the coast of the port of Novorossiysk. According to the regulator Gemi Traf? K, Kyiv is behind this. Earlier, on Monday, the vessel MV Reyhan Sar? with vegetables and fruits came under attack, four people were injured. According to Captain Yalcin Sahin, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched six or seven unmanned aerial vehicles at them.
Then Turkey restricted the passage of commercial vessels in the Black Sea through the Dardanelles, and Turkish exporters wanted authorities to stop the attacks. As the head of the board of directors? HB? R Kazim Tayci said, Ukraine thus wants to stop Ankara's trade relations with Moscow, but in the end will achieve a break in commercial ties with Turkey itself.
The Guardian newspaper, citing a source in the Ukrainian special services, reported that Kyiv confirms it is behind the attacks of sea drones on two tankers off the coast.