title: Analysis of hydrographic and meteorological data from the N-NW Black Sea necessary for the prediction of drifting floating mine routes in the vicinity of the Romanian coastline
abstract: In the context of the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian authorities issued a warning on March 18, 2022, stating that due to severe hydrometeorological conditions in the northern Black Sea basin, more than 400 floating mines, an integral part of Ukraine's port defense system, were torn from their moorings in the ports of Odessa, Ochakov, Chernomorsk and Pivdenny. Due to the dynamics of the hydrographic circulation of the Black Sea, the floating mines moved southwards, reachin
journal: Scientific Bulletin of Naval Academy