A Russian warship fired warning shots at a dry cargo ship in the Black Sea on Sunday, after the Russian defence ministry said it intercepted the Palau-flagged “Sukru Okan” ship heading towards Ukraine.

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    1 year ago

    There are still many economic sanctions that could be imposed and the existing ones can and should be tightened.

    But the issue of threatened ships can be easily solved by assigning NATO escorts. AFAIK Turkiye declared their navy is going to do that (escort cargo ships on the Black sea) but I don’t know how it went

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      1 year ago

      What economic sanctions are left? Genuine question. I don’t know. But I am under the impression anything that would have any effect is already being done. The west could completely economically cut off Russia, and Russia would just continue exporting to the rest of the world.

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      1 year ago

      The US has also sent aircraft escorts with several cargo ships in the Black Sea as well.