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Journalist: Russia mined commercial routes in Black Sea.

by The Kyiv Independent news desk March 19, 2022 5:04 PM 1 min read
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Andriy Klymenko, the chief editor of news site BlackSeaNews, said on March 19, citing his sources, that Russia had deployed the naval mines along the route from the Bosphorus to Odesa in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Meanwhile, Russia issued a warning to ships claiming that the mines have been deployed by Ukraine at its ports and are now drifting.

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