Captain 3rd Rank Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy, stated during a national telethon that russia is currently unable to mine the Black Sea.
"At present, russia is virtually unable to mine the Black Sea. Previously, they used aircraft for remote mining, but this practice has ceased. Since the last downing of a Su-24 capable of this, there have been no such incidents," Pletenchuk said.
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According to him, the main threat now comes from so-called drifting mines. Ukrainian forces are actively monitoring and neutralizing these mines.
"After a storm, objects can shift, and mines might drift if they become detached from their anchors, which increases their threat. We inspect the routes that ships use to go to sea every day," the spokesman noted.
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