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Turkey says UK minehunters can’t be sent to Ukraine

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.

MedicPigBabySaver ,

Turkey ass pieces of shit.

deegeese ,

Turkey has long prevented warships from transiting the Bosporus Strait in wartime.

I wouldn’t want warships passing my capital city either.

wwaxen ,

They’re minesweepers. That’s like an unwarship.

deegeese ,

I’m sure Russia considers it a military target and would have no compunction about targeting it with cruise missiles at it passes through a city with 15 million people.

quindraco ,

That would be Russia’s fault, not the UK’s or Ukraine’s - and there is no end to the road of attempting Russian appeasement.

betterdeadthanreddit ,

The “why do you make me hit you?” of war justifications.

HikingVet ,

Are you saying the Russians would target a boat filled with Brits in Turkey’s waters? Because that sounds like an Article 5 moment. Hell, even if Ukraine takes control of the boats in England, attacking them in Turkish waters is a terrible idea.

meeeeetch ,

Ankara’s their capital, but you’re right to point out that this is nothing new.

The policy also ensures that no additional Russian warships get into the Black Sea.

pelerinli ,

UK sends two ship after two years - good guys

Turkey sends hundereds of Bayraktars on day 1 - ass pieces of shit

autotldr Bot ,

This is the best summary I could come up with:

LONDON — 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.

“Our pertinent allies have been duly apprised that the mine-hunting ships donated to Ukraine by the United Kingdom will not be allowed to pass through the Turkish Straits to the Black Sea as long as the war continues,” a statement from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s communications directorate said.

The Turkish statement — challenging what it called “disinformation about U.K. mine-hunting ships” — stressed that the Turkish Straits are closed to Russian and Ukrainian warships while the conflict between the two countries continues, citing the Montreux Convention of 1936 which governs maritime traffic through those waters.

Approached for comment, a U.K. Ministry of Defense spokesperson pointed to a press conference by Shapps in London last month at which Ukrainian Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa said the vessels could not yet be brought to the Black Sea because of the pact.

But Neizhpapa also noted the ships would still have lots of work to do once the Russia-Ukraine war ends given the ongoing threat of mines in the Black Sea.

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