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According to the report, the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey announced that four naval vessels set out for a major demining mission in the Black Sea. The mission is part of activities by Mine Counter Measures Black Sea Task Group, Turkey, formed with Romania and Bulgaria, which is also worried that increasing attacks on vessels in the Black Sea, including on ships owned by Turkish firms, may destabilize maritime security. Several oil tankers were hit by sides of the conflict in the past few months, while Turkey also shot down an out-of-control drone approaching its maritime borders in the Black Sea.
The report stated that Turkeyhas deployed up to four Akinci unmanned aerial vehicles simultaneously over the southwestern, southern, and southeastern sectors of the Black Sea, creating continuous coverage along its northern coastline, RFU News media outlet says. These drones are equipped with the Murad onboard radar, which can identify aerial targets at distances of up to 200 kilometers, allowing Turkish forces to detect any invasive foreign objects long before they approach Turkey’s airspace.
The report added that with multiple drones overlapping their coverage areas, Russian platforms no longer have maneuver space to probe, approach, or disengage unnoticed. This marks a decisive second stage in Turkey’s posture, as Ankara is setting the conditions under which Russian aircraft cannot operate at all. That shift builds on the earlier phase, when Turkish forces shot down Russian aircraft operating over the Black Sea, and while those incidents showed that Turkey was prepared to use force, they were still only reacting, not preventing.
The report stated that Turkeyhas deployed up to four Akinci unmanned aerial vehicles simultaneously over the southwestern, southern, and southeastern sectors of the Black Sea, creating continuous coverage along its northern coastline, RFU News media outlet says. These drones are equipped with the Murad onboard radar, which can identify aerial targets at distances of up to 200 kilometers, allowing Turkish forces to detect any invasive foreign objects long before they approach Turkey’s airspace.
The report added that with multiple drones overlapping their coverage areas, Russian platforms no longer have maneuver space to probe, approach, or disengage unnoticed. This marks a decisive second stage in Turkey’s posture, as Ankara is setting the conditions under which Russian aircraft cannot operate at all. That shift builds on the earlier phase, when Turkish forces shot down Russian aircraft operating over the Black Sea, and while those incidents showed that Turkey was prepared to use force, they were still only reacting, not preventing.