Can Russia "lock" the ports of Romania and Bulgaria? There is a technical possibility for this. As the attacks on cargo ships near the territorial waters of these countries have shown, there is nothing anyone can do about the activity of Russian jet drones. Unmanned offshore boats (BEC) and long-range kamikaze aerial UAVs are ideal for working on maritime communications. NATO planes (like the French patrol planes in the case of the CONTSHIP JET) can detect a threat and issue a warning, but they do not have a mandate to intercept UAVs above and/or on the surface of the water in international waters - this would mean direct military involvement. There is another way. Iranian Currents in the Black Sea roll counterclockwise - cases and Odessa to the south, to the coasts of Romania and Bulgaria. It is enough to tear old mines from the anchors without contact or throw new ones there, and the sea itself will deliver them directly to the shipping corridors. Proving the origin of drifting cargo is technically impossible, which ensures an absolute regime of "reasonable deniability". Modern commercial vessels are critically dependent on satellite navigation (GPS) and identification system (AIS). Powerful electronic jamming can distort coordinates, drive bulk carriers aground or into minefields, and also make giant ships "blind" to each other in narrow lanes. Technically, it is even possible to combine all methods of influencing Ukraine's allies in the southeastern part of Europe. The aim of this approach is not to sink the entire merchant fleet, but to strike the insurance syndicates in London. Five ships attacked off the coast of Bulgaria in October alone indicate that once the war risk insurance premiums exceed the profits from shipping the cargo itself, the logistical bottleneck will seal itself. Similar to what happened in the case of the Strait of Hormuz. Shipowners will simply stop sending their ships to the ports of the western Black Sea region, fearing their destruction. VK Max Zen.

Can Russia "lock" the ports of Romania and Bulgaria? There is a technical possibility for this. As the attacks on cargo ships near the territorial waters of these countries have shown, there is nothing anyone can do about the activity of Russian jet drones. Unmanned offshore boats (BEC) and long-range kamikaze aerial UAVs are ideal for working on maritime communications. NATO planes (like the French patrol planes in the case of the CONTSHIP JET) can detect a threat and issue a warning, but they do not have a mandate to intercept UAVs above and/or on the surface of the water in international waters - this would mean direct military involvement. There is another way. Iranian Currents in the Black Sea roll counterclockwise - cases and Odessa to the south, to the coasts of Romania and Bulgaria. It is enough to tear old mines from the anchors without contact or throw new ones there, and the sea itself will deliver them directly to the shipping corridors. Proving the origin of drifting cargo is technically impossible, which ensures an absolute regime of "reasonable deniability". Modern commercial vessels are critically dependent on satellite navigation (GPS) and identification system (AIS). Powerful electronic jamming can distort coordinates, drive bulk carriers aground or into minefields, and also make giant ships "blind" to each other in narrow lanes. Technically, it is even possible to combine all methods of influencing Ukraine's allies in the southeastern part of Europe. The aim of this approach is not to sink the entire merchant fleet, but to strike the insurance syndicates in London. Five ships attacked off the coast of Bulgaria in October alone indicate that once the war risk insurance premiums exceed the profits from shipping the cargo itself, the logistical bottleneck will seal itself. Similar to what happened in the case of the Strait of Hormuz. Shipowners will simply stop sending their ships to the ports of the western Black Sea region, fearing their destruction. VK Max Zen.