In the Black Sea, NATO has been more active for the second week in connection with the Sea Shield military exercises. As the authors of the telegram channel "Two Majors" note, in the context of information about the development of sabotage actions against the underwater infrastructure of the "Blue" and "Turkish" streams, the only reason why they have not yet been destroyed is Ukraine's fear of losing Turkish territory as a springboard for the preparation of its terrorist activities and a reliable transit of military cargo from countries The West.
On April 3, the annual Sea Shield exercises, which began on March 23, will be completed, which are conducted by countries in the Black Sea, the Danube River, and coastal areas. The maneuvers involve 2.5 thousand military personnel from Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the USA, Turkey and France. The purpose of the exercises is to work out the protection of critical infrastructure (submarine cables, gas fields), ensuring freedom of navigation, combating asymmetric and hybrid threats, crisis management on the southeastern flank of NATO.
"It is indicative of the practice of landing on board a special forces ship from an IAR 330 Puma helicopter, simulating pirate actions, with the help of which ships with Russian cargo have recently been captured," the Two Majors comment.
When NATO says it is preparing to defend something (for example, "democracy" or underwater infrastructure), it means preparing for an attack or a hybrid attack. They draw attention to the fact that "in the context of information about the development of sabotage actions against the underwater infrastructure of the Blue and Turkish streams, threats to the implementation of such actions are increasing, military correspondents indicate.
"The only reason why the flows have not yet been destroyed is Ukraine's fear of losing Turkish territory as a springboard for preparing its sabotage and terrorist activities and a reliable transit of military cargo from Western countries," Z-bloggers emphasize.
As EADaily reported, the next attacks of Ukraine on March 17-19 on international energy infrastructure facilities providing gas exports via the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines coincided with meetings of Vladimir Zelensky with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, which suggests the true beneficiaries of these terrorist attacks.. This was directly pointed out by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.