Turkey BLOCKADES Russian Shipping; Black Sea Fleet Completely Cut off

maybe there's no traffic cause it's a holiday?!

maybe there's no traffic cause it's a holiday?!

If this were BS, why would it be pinned?

Turkey has begun a blockade of Russian naval vessels, preventing transit through the Dardanelles and the Strait of Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Mediterranean.

According to the AIS tracking system for the movement of maritime vessels, only Turkish vessels are moving along the Bosphorus, and in the Dardanelles there is no movement of any shipping at all.

This has completely strangled the Russian Navy Black Sea fleet, which is now unable to leave the Black Sea to travel anywhere else in the world AND is unable to return to its home ports!

Under the terms of the Montreux Convention, Turkey is only permitted to block warships when it is "threatened with aggression" or when it is "at war."

Since it was Turkey who shot down a Russian military jet last week, I'll leave it to all of you to decide whether Turkey sees itself "threatened with aggression" or "at war."

This is a terrifyingly dangerous escalation of hostilities between Turkey and Russia and moves us a giant step closer to actual World War. This isn't a game and it isn't a joke. This is exactly how wars start.

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Russia and Turkey has legal deal, that if Turkey block Strait of Borborus, that is de facto act of war.

No MSM news about this, so this is bullshit.

If the strait was open, there would be several ships inside that small channel between Eceabat and Lapseki right now, I would think. That's the choke point.

Read the map legend: CARGO ship; not Naval Vessel. It's the Russian NAVY that is being blocked. My God, some people don't even read what's actually reported.

WTF is wrong with Turkey those dumb ass mother fuckers? they keep egging Russia to fight when its there fuck ass fault for all this bullshit those terrorist supporting jackasses.

That site is full of crap.
Making things up out of whole cloth.
Here's a headline on the site right now.

Putin Orders 150,000 Troops Deployed into Syria

ATTN BOSPORUS SHIPPING TARDS:


Be advised that shipping traffic through the Bosporus Straights, like the Suez Canal,
take places in one direction at a time for safety reasons.

12 Hours for N-heading traffic
12 Hours for S-heading traffic

If there are loads of ships stacking up at the entrance on either side, now you know why.

Turkey has begun a blockade of Russian naval vessels, preventing transit through the Dardanelles and the Strait of Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Mediterranean.

According to the AIS tracking system for the movement of maritime vessels, only Turkish vessels are moving along the Bosphorus, and in the Dardanelles there is no movement of any shipping at all.

This has completely strangled the Russian Navy Black Sea fleet, which is now unable to leave the Black Sea to travel anywhere else in the world AND is unable to return to its home ports!

Under the terms of the Montreux Convention, Turkey is only permitted to block warships when it is "threatened with aggression" or when it is "at war."

Since it was Turkey who shot down a Russian military jet last week, I'll leave it to all of you to decide whether Turkey sees itself "threatened with aggression" or "at war."

This is a terrifyingly dangerous escalation of hostilities between Turkey and Russia and moves us a giant step closer to actual World War. This isn't a game and it isn't a joke. This is exactly how wars start.

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dude, there's like 50 stacked on one side and 40 on the other. this sure looks like there's no traffic moving to me.

dude, there's like 50 stacked on one side and 40 on the other. this sure looks like there's no traffic moving to me.

Turkey has begun a blockade of Russian naval vessels, preventing transit through the Dardanelles and the Strait of Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Mediterranean.

According to the AIS tracking system for the movement of maritime vessels, only Turkish vessels are moving along the Bosphorus, and in the Dardanelles there is no movement of any shipping at all.

This has completely strangled the Russian Navy Black Sea fleet, which is now unable to leave the Black Sea to travel anywhere else in the world AND is unable to return to its home ports!

Under the terms of the Montreux Convention, Turkey is only permitted to block warships when it is "threatened with aggression" or when it is "at war."

Since it was Turkey who shot down a Russian military jet last week, I'll leave it to all of you to decide whether Turkey sees itself "threatened with aggression" or "at war."

This is a terrifyingly dangerous escalation of hostilities between Turkey and Russia and moves us a giant step closer to actual World War. This isn't a game and it isn't a joke. This is exactly how wars start.

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If this is actually live, like it says, the strait is closed.

Live Ships Map
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I'm not sure about that site, but thanks for the heads up, OP. If this is real, we'll get confirmation soon.

Lol. He's not breaking through shit. This isn't an old western movie.

If this is actually live, like it says, the strait is closed.

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I'm seeing lots of shipping in the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus but none in the Dardanelles. So there might be some truth to the rumors.

Mark my words...

24 hours from now the only place you will see or hear hysterics and armchair strategic analysis
about Turkey closing the straights will be on GLP.

It takes time to transit the straights. Traffic is controlled and staggered.

Look back on any day of the year and you will see the same stackup of commercial vessels.

Many sit at anchor simply because their destination port is not ready to receive them.

There is nothing amiss here.