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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Ships adopt makeshift anti-drone defences as Black Sea attacks intensify

ISTANBUL: Tankers and cargo ships are transiting the Bosphorus strait adorned with nets, water tanks and tyres to try to ​fend off growing Russian and Ukrainian drone strikes in ​the Black Sea, according to security experts and video obtained by Reuters.

In a stark illustration of the ​risks, the abandoned Russian-flagged cargo ship Omskiy-107 - its command deck burned out - drifted from Russian waters to a northern Istanbul beach east of the Bosphorus, one of the world's busiest shipping routes.

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