“The Turkish side reported that the active phase of the operation was suspended until the weather improves.

Now gusts of wind are up to 15 meters per second, a big wave, ”TASS quotes a representative of the department. 

Earlier it was reported that the condition of the six rescued sailors from the sunken dry cargo ship in Turkey is satisfactory.

On January 17, the governor of Bartin province announced the wreck of a dry cargo ship flying the flag of Russia in the Inkumu region.

Later, Rosmorrechflot clarified that the owner of the ship sunk in the Black Sea near the coast of Turkey is a Ukrainian company, and in the crew, only two out of 12 people are Russian citizens.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that the ship was sailing under the flag of Palau.

In Kiev, they noted that five Ukrainians and one foreigner were rescued.

The search is underway for five more sailors.