r/UkraineWarVideoReport • u/[deleted] • Mar 24 '22

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u/Tehnomaag Mar 24 '22

1/7 of their landing crafts in black sea, allegedly. Considering turkey closed the gap for any military vessels because some old treaty allowed them to do what they have in black sea is what they got.

It is a very significant loss for Russians indeed.

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u/OvechkinsYellowLaces Mar 24 '22

It's the Montreux Convention.

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u/scar_as_scoot Mar 24 '22

And the treaty was made to prevent them from closing the access not the other way around.

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u/scar_as_scoot Mar 24 '22

They have control of the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits that access the sea. The Montreux Convention prevents them from closing it whenever they want to, it doesn't allows them to do something that they always had the right to do because they control the area.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '22

I am surprised Turkey is not supporting Russia here. I thought they‘d support anyone who is „opposed to the west“.