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For the second time in less than three days, a mine was discovered drifting near the Turkish coast (Turkey), It could come from Ukraine.

This is the second time in three days. A mine, which may have drifted from Ukraine, was discovered off the coast of Igneada in northwestern Turkey on Monday after a first was deactivated on Saturday at the entrance to the Bosphorus, the ministry said. Turkish Defense. “A mine has been detected off Igneada, near the Bulgarian border” on the Black Sea, the ministry said on Twitter, adding that Turkish Navy special operation units have been dispatched to the scene.

The mine was isolated “and an intervention was initiated to neutralize it”, added the ministry. A first mine, discovered on Saturday, was deactivated by the Turkish navy. A fisherman said he had seen this mine 2 km off Rumelifeneri, at the entrance to the Bosphorus, north of Istanbul. Ankara said it had spoken with the Ukrainian and Russian authorities and continued “its coordination with them on this subject”.

The Turkish authorities warned a few days ago of the risk emanating from mines coming off the Ukrainian coast, which could have become unmoored due to a storm, by publishing a message on the maritime warning system NAVTEX . Underwater mines must be equipped with systems that make them harmless if unmoored, according to the Hague Convention of 1907.

But old-fashioned mines may lack such systems and present a hazard, according to Turkish media. The Turkish authorities did not specify whether the discovered mines, although of an old type, are equipped or not with such mechanisms.

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A mine, which may have drifted from Ukraine, was discovered off the coast of Igneada in northwestern Turkey on Monday after a first was deactivated on Saturday at the entrance to the Bosphorus, the ministry said. Turkish Defense. “A mine has been detected off Igneada, near the Bulgarian border” on the Black Sea, the ministry said on Twitter, adding that Turkish Navy special operation units have been dispatched to the scene. The mine was isolated “and an intervention was initiated to neutralize it”, added the ministry. A first mine, discovered on Saturday, was deactivated by the Turkish navy. A fisherman said he had seen this mine 2 km off Rumelifeneri, at the entrance to the Bosphorus, north of Istanbul.