Black Sea Drone Attacks Spell Terror for Turkish Sailors
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Black Sea drone attacks spell terror for Turkish sailors
"There was fire and smoke, the blast lifted us up and threw us left and right, it was very powerful," said Ahmet Ozlu, 40, one of five fishermen on board the Turkish-flagged Duru 67 that was hit by a drone off Crimea on June 5. Such attacks on commercial vessels have multiplied in recent months as the Russia-Ukraine war has spilled into the Black Sea, with Turkish ships increasingly in the firing line. A fire broke out and the boat began takin…
"There was fire and smoke, the explosion lifted us up and threw us to the left and to the right, it was very powerful," says Ahmet Ozlu, 40, one of the five fishermen on board the Duru 67, flying the Turkish flag, when he was hit by a drone. A fire broke out and the boat began to take water. On the bridge, the fishermen discovered their captain and childhood friend, Cuneyt Varlik, 45, lying in a pool of blood, the carotid artery cut by a burst. …
The increase in attacks on commercial ships in the Black Sea plunges Turkish sailors into anguish and trauma, while the warring parties of the Ukrainian conflict refer to one another's responsibility.
On 5 June, a drone struck a Turkish fishing boat off Crimea, killing its captain and leaving its crew deeply marked. While... Read more In the Black Sea, Turkish sailors tell of their survival under the strikes appeared first on Le Singulier.
'Fire and smoke': Black Sea drone attacks spell terror for Turkish sailors
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