Two British minehunter ships destined for Ukraine cannot travel through Turkish waters, Ankara stressed Tuesday, citing an international pact.
U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps announced last month that Ukraine’s armed forces had struck a deal to procure the Sandown Class vessels from Britain’s Royal Navy as the war-torn country grapples with Russia’s continued blockade of the Black Sea.
But Turkey confirmed it had informed its NATO allies that the ships would not be allowed to travel through its waters.
They can’t use Danube. There is no way they can pass through Hungary and Serbia.
That is a good point. I wonder what if any freedom of navigation treatise exists for the Danube. I am not sure if the Danube River Conference is still a thing or what it said on ships of war.
Still I think that ultimately they couldn’t be deployed until after hostilities cease.
Just tape a bunch of C-5 galaxys together and hang it underneath in a big net.
Yeet it into the black sea just off Odesa.