Türkiye’s decision to halt the transfer of two British military ships to Ukraine contradicts its commitments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Ankara should take a tougher stance against the Russian Federation, states former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in Europe, James Stavridis. Retired US Admiral deemed Türkiye’s decision to deny passage through its straits to two British Royal Navy Sandown-class ships as unfortunate. The vessels were given to Kyiv to assist in demining operations in the Black Sea. According to Stavridis, Türkiye certainly could have decided to permit th…