Egypt is a BRICS nation as of quite recently. Interested to see how they respond to this.
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They won't is my prediction
Even that would be interesting.
Not good, but interesting.
I don't think that this ship is as significant as the impact on other ships. If Russia is going to be attacking any ships they can moving Ukrainian grain, that's gonna make it far harder to get shipping companies to take on the risk of moving said grain by sea.
Considering they have a vested interest in the ships, you know, not being attacked and damaged or destroyed, it’d be fantastic if Egypt (as well as any other regional forces with an interest in protecting these trade routes and grain shipments) parked a couple of their extremely capable FREMM frigates in the Black Sea between Ukrainian territorial waters and the Bosphorus Strait to guard the lanes against Russian fuckery.
Erdogan would probably get pissy about that though.
the ship wasn't egyptian, just the cargo.
I can't see how that's meant to make them happy.
I'm no expert on international maritime law by ANY means, but how is this not an act of war against Egypt by Russia?
it wasn't actually an Egyptian ship, it was just headed for Egypt.
Ah. Misleading headline then
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all of the articles are saying the ship was headed to egypt, not that it was an Egyptian ship. do we know who it was flagged under?
Belize-owned, Turkish operated, under the flag of St. Kitts & Nevis
A Turkish operated merchant vessel, the MV Aya, has been hit by a Russian Kh-22 missile launched by a Tu-22M Backfire bomber. The Belize-owned, St. Kitts & Nevis flagged ship was sailing from the port of Chornomorsk, carrying 26,550 tons of grain for Egypt
Belize-owned, Turkish operated, under the flag of St. Kitts & Nevis
Ah, the usual maritime corporate fuckery.