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Turkey does not intend to allow minesweepers donated by UK to Ukraine to enter Black Sea
This is stated by the Center for Countering Disinformation under the Office of the President of Turkey, Censor.NET reports.
The report states that Turkey immediately classified Russia's special military operation against Ukraine as a "war" and, in accordance with Article 19 of the Montreux Convention on the Regime of the Straits, closed the straits to warships of the belligerents (Russia and Ukraine).
"Our corresponding allies have been duly informed that the minesweepers donated to Ukraine by the United Kingdom will not be able to pass through the Turkish Straits to the Black Sea as long as the war continues," the Turkish Presidential Office's Center for Countering Disinformation emphasizes.
