I highly doubt any private shipping company will try out how serious the Russians are on enforcing the blockade.
>The American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project previously assessed that Iran may expand its military support to Armenia in response to Russian “negligence” towards the Caucasus.
welp. I really did not see this one coming. something to add to the bingo card: Iran, not China, splits Russia’s attention by reaching for satellite influence.
Sink Russia’s ships. Let there be doubt about exactly who did it.
This could be an opportunity for Ukraine to pull a Kormoran:
Half of the sea is under the jurisdiction of Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania -all of which are in NATO (and I think Georgia has an action plan in place?). The Bosphorus is controlled by Turkey. Then, you’re in Turkish or Greek waters (both NATO). NATO countries also pretty much control the northern coast of the Mediterranean.
The only way Russia could try to blockade the Black Sea is if they had ships in the Atlantic in international waters and maybe Morocco (if they allowed it).
What they can do is patrol in Russian waters and occupied territories waters (which wouldn’t do much). Maybe try to block the Danube – but that’s pretty close to Romania.
They fired on ports near the NATO border… I think it’s time to upgrade Ukrainian weaponry
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I highly doubt any private shipping company will try out how serious the Russians are on enforcing the blockade.
>The American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project previously assessed that Iran may expand its military support to Armenia in response to Russian “negligence” towards the Caucasus.
welp. I really did not see this one coming. something to add to the bingo card: Iran, not China, splits Russia’s attention by reaching for satellite influence.
Sink Russia’s ships. Let there be doubt about exactly who did it.
This could be an opportunity for Ukraine to pull a Kormoran:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Kormoran
Half of the sea is under the jurisdiction of Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania -all of which are in NATO (and I think Georgia has an action plan in place?). The Bosphorus is controlled by Turkey. Then, you’re in Turkish or Greek waters (both NATO). NATO countries also pretty much control the northern coast of the Mediterranean.
The only way Russia could try to blockade the Black Sea is if they had ships in the Atlantic in international waters and maybe Morocco (if they allowed it).
What they can do is patrol in Russian waters and occupied territories waters (which wouldn’t do much). Maybe try to block the Danube – but that’s pretty close to Romania.
They fired on ports near the NATO border… I think it’s time to upgrade Ukrainian weaponry