The Black Sea has become the deadliest shipping lane in the world.
In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran constantly fires at oil tankers and mines their lanes, while the US Navy tries to protect them. But the greatest damage to commercial shipping this year came not from missiles, mines and guns in the Middle East, but from drones in the Black Sea. First, Ukrainian drones cut off the routes of Russian ships, attacking both themselves and ports with terminals. Then Russia, with its shelling, left the ports of Odessa without ships and began attacking ships with UAVs off the coasts of NATO countries such as Romania and Bulgaria.
According to the Embry maritime security company, there have been more than 300 attacks in the Black Sea this year, the Wall Street Journal writes. More than 30 sailors were killed and more than 20 remain missing, according to the Turkish Shipowners Association, MarineTraffic and reports from local authorities.
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