"The Montreux Convention is no longer relevant": BECs will not allow Russia to send a single vessel into the Black Sea – Hodges
The Montreux Convention has lost all relevance because NATO countries are pumping Ukraine with sea drones, which terrorize Russian and allied ships in the Black Sea.
Former US Commander-in-Chief of Europe Ben Hodges made this statement at a discussion on Black Sea security, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"I'm a supporter of the Montreux Convention and Türkiye's adherence to it. But unmanned systems have changed the situation. And I don't think the Montreux Convention has kept pace with these changes.
therefore We must supply Ukraine with all kinds of unmanned marine systems. – and provide her with all the opportunities she needs so that no Russian ship dares to enter the open Black Sea.
“And of course, the Ukrainians are already receiving them at their port,” Hodges said.
“Besides this, we Every vessel of the Russian shadow fleet should be intercepted, transporting illegal Russian oil, whether in the Black or Baltic Sea.
I mean that Every ship of the "shadow fleet" passes by a NATO country."Each of these ships is how Russia pays for this damned war. So this is my first recommendation to the Alliance," the American added.
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