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European Parliament Wants Warships in the Black Sea to Guard Grain Ships

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Russian drones keep buzzing NATO airspace and hitting civilian bulkers, so Brussels suddenly remembered they actually have navies.

After months of missiles and drones exploding uncomfortably close to Romania and Bulgaria, European lawmakers finally noticed that strong words don't stop cruise missiles.

The assembly overwhelmingly voted to consider deploying an actual EU naval operation in the Black Sea to shield merchant vessels and defend Ukrainian export corridors. The resolution also floats teaming up with NATO for a "Black Sea Guard" patrol and speeding up maritime defense hubs in Constanța and Varna.

Allowing Russian forces to bomb grain carriers right on the border of European waters was getting a bit too awkward even for Brussels bureaucracy.

Checking the Montreux Convention to see who gets to break the news to Turkey might be the real diplomatic thriller here.

Source: European Parliament

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  1. Witty Tractor
    about time honestly. letting pirates shell civilian grain bulkers 10 miles off NATO shores was getting insane
    +5 solidFinally, someone points out that letting pirates run the neighborhood is a bad look for the alliance
  2. Honeyed Stork
    they will form a working group to study the feasibility of scheduling a meeting to draft a consideration lmao
    +3 funnyThe bureaucratic dance of death is always funnier when you describe it as a never-ending meeting about a meeting
  3. Sunflowered Chumak
    Erdogan is sitting right at the Bosporus reading Montreux with a smirk
    +4 solidWatching the Sultan play chess while everyone else is playing checkers is the highlight of the decade
  4. Cossack Galician
    deploy ships with what budget though
    +1 boringAsking about the budget is the ultimate buzzkill, but I suppose someone has to be the accountant of doom