Sea Breeze military drills to include 13 countries in Bulgarian waters of Black Sea

The international "Sea Breeze" exercise, which will be held until September 20, with the participation of representatives of 13 countries, will be launched in the waters of Bulgaria in the Black Sea.

As Azernews reports via the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency, this was said by the commander of the Bulgarian Navy, Rear Admiral Kiril Mikhailov, and the commander of the Sixth Fleet of the US Navy, Vice Admiral Thomas Ishi, at a briefing held in Varna.

"The main goal of the training is to practice tactical actions and techniques in the fight against floating and bottom mines," Mikhailov pointed out.

T. Ishi added that 105 sea mines were discovered in the Black Sea in connection with the Russia-Ukraine war, and at least 5 ships were damaged as a result of dozens of incidents.

"Our goal is for countries to improve their ability to work together and use different tactics to destroy such munitions. Each country will demonstrate methods of detecting and neutralizing floating mines. Some operations will be conducted on the coast, where various demining tools will be demonstrated," the American commander said.

It should be recalled that on January 11, 2024, a memorandum on the establishment of a joint anti-mine naval group consisting of Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria was signed in the Black Sea.