A naval mine has been found in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria
"EVROPEISKA PRAVDA" – FRIDAY, 1 JULY 2022, 12:34
A naval mine spotted from a civilian vessel was defused near the coast of Bulgaria in the Black Sea.
As "EVROPEISKA PRAVDA" writes, this was reported by the Naval Forces of Bulgaria.
The report of a floating mine came from a civilian ship around 15:00 on 30 June. The device had been found 27 nautical miles from the mouth of the Kamchia River, which empties into the Black Sea at Varna.
A patrol helicopter, minesweeper and auxiliary ships set out to search for the mine. It was located after 17:00, and by around 21:00, it had been destroyed by controlled detonation.
Military experts classified the device as a naval mine of the "YAM" type placed in a combat position.
In the first weeks of the full-scale war, mines were found near the Bosphorus, off the coast of Romania.
At the end of March, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine announced that mines found in the Black Sea had been seized by Russia on the territory of the occupied Crimea.
