The Turkish president's words have not stopped the attacks in the Black Sea for now. On Tuesday, there were reports of another burning Russian ship.
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Let's start by sorting out the chronology. On Friday, Türkiye announced that two tankers of the so-called The Russian Shadow Fleet exploded. Both were sailing under the Gambian flag and were in the Black Sea near the Bosphorus Strait at the time of the explosions. One of these tankers, Virat, was targeted again on Saturday.
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On Saturday, a Ukrainian official admitted that Ukrainian naval drones attacked two sanctioned tankers that were en route to a Russian port to load oil destined for foreign markets.
Erdogan warns 'interested parties'
On Monday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on this matter.
— The war between Russia and Ukraine has clearly begun to threaten the safety of navigation in the Black Sea. The attacks on ships in our exclusive economic zone on Friday signal a disturbing escalation, he said.
— We cannot in any way justify these attacks. We provide all interested parties with necessary warnings regarding such incidents – he added.
However, the warning has not yet had any effect.
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Another Russian ship on fire
The Turkish General Directorate for Maritime Affairs reported on Tuesday that the Russian vessel Midvolga 2, sailing from Russia to Georgia, was attacked in the Black Sea.
This time the attacked ship was not carrying oil, but sunflower oil, reported the Turkish portal Haberler. The attack occurred 80 nautical miles (148 km) from shore.
The crew of the Midwolga 2 ship reported that the condition of 13 people on board was good and the engines of the unit were working. The tanker changed course and headed for Sinope, a city in northern Turkey – reported Turkiye Today.
The shadow fleet are old ships transporting Russian crude oil, which the Kremlin uses to sell the raw material at prices higher than the limit set by international sanctions for Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
