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WATCH: Can Turkey close the Turkish Straits against Russia?

Ukraine has asked Turkey to close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian ships as Russia launched air and ground assaults on its neighbor. The request puts NATO member Turkey which shares a maritime border with Ukraine and Russia in the …
Feb 28, 2022 / Curious

Ukraine asks Ankara to close Turkish straits to Russian warships

The Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vadily Bodnar called "on all countries to establish a coalition against Russian President Vladimir Putin in order to stop the war from engulfing more of the region"Ukraine has asked Ankara to restrict the passage of …
Feb 24, 2022 / Curious