The FSB said that the Ukrainian military had mined the approaches to the ports. “The drift of mines into the Bosphorus and the Mediterranean Sea cannot be ruled out”
The Russian FSB said that Ukrainian sea mines, placed on the approaches to the ports of Odessa, Ochakov, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny, break away from the bottom anchors and “move freely (drift) in the western part of the Black Sea.” “The possibility of detonated mines drifting into the Bosphorus and further into the seas of the Mediterranean basin is not ruled out,” the FSB said, accusing Ukraine of “neglecting human lives, including citizens of the European Union states.” Information from the