A total of 4 civilian ships have been targeted by the Russian Navy since Russia declared war on Ukraine. The war that broke out between the Russian Federation and Ukraine naturally showed its effect in the Black Sea as well as on the land. Civilian ship entrances and exits to Ukrainian ports and the Sea of Azov were blocked by Russian warships by the Russian navy. Thereupon, the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs announced that the security level for Turkish ships in the Sea of Azov was raised to level 3.
The security level of our Turkish ships visiting the Ukrainian and Russian ports in the Black Sea has been raised to the highest level, level 3. pic.twitter.com/hXLe2Z3gmu
— GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MARITIME (@maritimegm) February 27, 2022
In the current situation, all civilian ships sailing in the Ukrainian Sea except the Sea of Azov either take shelter in the ports of the surrounding country or return from the region. Still, some ships are targeted by warships of the Russian Navy.
Marshall Islands, the first of the ships shot down by Russian warships, was shot down off Odessa on February 24. bayraklı Turkish owned vessel Yasa Jupiter. As a result of the bomb hitting the ship, the ship was damaged and especially the bridge of the ship was damaged. No casualties were reported as a result of the shooting of Yasa Jupiter. According to the information obtained on February 24, it was learned that the ship had transferred to Romanian territorial waters. The ship entered the Marmara Sea by entering the Bosphorus on February 26.
Second ship hit Moldova bayraklı chemical tanker ship Millennial Spirit. The ship was hit by a Russian warship 12 miles south of the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny. After the ship was hit, a big fire started on the ship. The ship was towed and brought to Samsun port. The third ship is the Namura Queen, owned by the Japanese company Nissen Kaiun. The ship was hit by the stern and damaged while at the anchorage point of Yuzhny Port. The ship crossed the Bosphorus and entered the Sea of Marmara on 27 February (today) accompanied by 2 coast guard boats and a coastal safety tug.
The fourth ship hit, after Namura Queen, was Lord Nelson. The ship crossed the Bosphorus, accompanied by a coastal safety tug, and crossed into the Sea of Marmara.
Source: defenceturk
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