Ports Europe9 Aug 2026Macro
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A naval drone was detected on August 8 off the Black Sea port of Hopa, 15 km from the Georgian border. Turkish Underwater Defence (SAS) commandos towed the unmanned surface vessel to open sea and destroyed it on August 9.
Context
It follows Turkey's August 8 restriction on commercial ship traffic into the Black Sea after a surge in attacks and the drone-hit Ro-Ro ship Nadezhda towed into Samsun on August 9.
