Turkey closed the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, making it difficult for Russia to capture Odessa
Turkey's closure of the straits became a strategic step for the defense of Ukraine, preventing Russia from using its naval advantage to capture Odessa.
Since the beginning of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Turkey, in accordance with the Montreux Convention, has closed the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, which prevented the aggressor from using the sea advantage to capture Odesa, Mykolaiv and other territories.
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey, Vasyl Bodnar, told Ukrinform about this.
“One of the key stages of Ukraine's defense was the closing of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits by Turkey. We sank one “Moscow”, and two more Russian cruisers were waiting in the Mediterranean Sea. And the fact that Turkey closed the straits, I believe, prevented Russia from using its advantage on sea to seize Odessa, Mykolaiv and other territories, which, according to Moscow's plans, were supposed to be…
