Romania defuses a stray mine on the Black Sea shore
Romanian Navy carried out on Tuesday a controlled explosion of a mine that had drifted to its Black Sea shore, announced the Ministry of National Defense in Bucharest. We remind that Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey have a joint task force to defuse stray mines, which started floating in the Black Sea after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
The ministry said the navy was alerted by local officials early on Tuesday about an unidentified object that had washed up on shore near Grindul Chituc in southeastern Romania. The area is part of the Danube Delta, which Romania shares with Ukraine.
"By examining photographs taken on site, the object is most likely an anti-landing seamine of the YaRM type," the ministry said in a statement. The mine was detonated at around 0950 GMT, the ministry added.
Since the start of the war, more than 100 drifting mines have been discovered and destroyed, the Romanian navy said.
