Turkey Closes Strategic Waterway to UK Minesweeping Ships Bound for Ukraine

Published on January 3, 2024

NATO member Turkey declined on Tuesday to allow two British minesweeping vessels to pass through its territorial waters to reach embattled Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. London pledged the two ships to Ukraine’s navy last month as part of a British–Norwegian maritime security coalition. In a Jan. 2 statement, the Turkish presidency said Ankara’s NATO allies had been informed of the decision. “Our allies have been duly informed that the British minesweeping vessels given to Ukraine will not be allowed to enter the Black Sea through the Turkish Straits as long as the war [between Russia and Ukraine] continues,” the statement read....

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