Ukraine President Zelensky Is Saying Turkey Has Banned Russian Warships From Using The Bosporus And The Dardanelles Straits To Enter The Black Sea?

Russian Navy's Project 22160 Patrol Vessel Dmitriy Rogachev 375 sails through the Bosphorus Strait on the way to the Black Sea past Istanbul's Suleymaniye mosque in the backround on 16 February 2022 (AFP) 

 Ukrinform: Turkey bans passage of Russian warships to Black Sea - Zelensky 

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi broke the news on Instagram, Ukrinform reports. 

The president thanked his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish people for their strong support of Ukraine.

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Update: Turkey agrees to ban passage of Russian ships to Black Sea - Zelensky (TASS)  

WNU Editor: Turkey is saying there is no ban .... Turkey has not closed Black Sea to Russian warships: Official (Daily Sabah). More here .... Russia-Ukraine war: Turkey denies closing Black Sea to Russian warships (Middle East Eye). 

Here is an interesting read and why Turkey is in a legal bind .... What does the Montreux accord say about closing Black Sea access to Russia? (TRT World).

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