Ukraine bombs vessels near NATO's Turkey while training navy there, Erdogan warns of 'red lines...'

Ukraine trained naval cadets on Turkish‑built corvette Hetman Ivan Mazepa in Istanbul while allegedly striking Russian‑linked oil tankers Virat and Kairos near Turkey’s Black Sea coast. President Erdogan condemned the attacks as a dangerous escalation in Türkiye’s exclusive economic zone, exposing tensions between deepening naval cooperation and rising maritime risks.