Sea mine explodes off Georgia’s Black Sea coast near Batumi
In Batumi, a powerful explosion rang out on the embankment, a sea mine hit the shore (Photo:Скріншот відео Микола Левшиць/Telegram)
A sea mine exploded off the Black Sea coast near the city of Batumi, Georgia, late on Feb. 13.
Eyewitnesses spotted the mine drifting in the sea, close to the shoreline on the city’s beach. After a while, it exploded, hitting the rocks.
The press service of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that all emergency services, including mine clearance specialists, are working at the scene. Criminal proceedings have been initiated.
No casualties have been reported as a result. The country of origin for the mine has also not been identified.
Russia began launching drifting mines into the Black Sea at the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Since then, Romanian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Georgian, and Ukrainian military diving teams have repeatedly neutralized such mines in their waters.
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