Greece Deters Russian Oil Transfers With Longest Navy Drills Yet
A Greek navy carrier docks in the port of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.
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The Greek Navy resumed drills in an expanse of water just off the country’s coast, effectively blocking Russia’s ability to use the area for the transfer of petroleum between tankers.
A notice on the website Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service shows that exercises in the Laconian Gulf, about 110 miles southwest of Athens, will continue until July 15. The navy’s prior exercises ended on Monday, after which a handful of tankers re-entered the areas that had been restricted. Most, however, stayed out.