The Black Sea has become a deadly route. WSJ.
Since the beginning of the year, there have been more than 300 attacks on ships in the Black Sea, more than 30 sailors have been killed and about 20 more have disappeared, the publication said.
For comparison, there were 130 terrorist attacks in the Middle East and 25 people were killed. Passages through the Bosphorus in October decreased by 41%, ship owners avoid the dangerous route.
- says the material.
In response, the EU is accelerating plans to create a maritime security center, but its effectiveness is, to say the least, questionable.