The attack on this Turkish merchant vessel complicates the picture: Under the Montreux Convention 1936, Turkey (a NATO member) has control over the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits and could deny Russian naval vessels passage. zn.ua/WORLD/bomba-po
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Think so. I saw the news in our newspapers so yea, a big chance.Also Russian ships are in the international waters outside Romania and stopping ships(thats just been reported).
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Maybe that had something to do with the supply of weapons/drones from Turkey last night
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that's what I was also thinking. Could it be possible that they deployed those planes to have a pretext for blocking the Bosporus?
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Does the closing of the strait constitute a declaration of war?
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If confirmed, this would give weight to an article 5 situation, no?
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Well. I'm sure Erdogan will join this war. I just have an idea that NATO will be interested as well.
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Nobody knows who fired the missile - it could have been Ukraine
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Erdogan spoke earlier. He's straddling the fence. Condemning Ukraine invasion while stating long time friendship with Russia. Did not mention merchant vessel attack.
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