War in Ukraine
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Economy
7/6/2022 2:17:58 PM
Moscow on Wednesday admitted that Turkey was conducting checks on a Russian ship in the Black Sea that Ukraine says is carrying stolen Ukrainian wheat.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
7/1/2022 1:02:08 PM
Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, authorities reported, a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
6/30/2022 6:36:53 PM
Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island Thursday, potentially easing the threat to the vital Ukrainian port city of Odesa, but kept up their push to encircle the last stronghold of resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/22/2022 2:04:50 PM
A Turkish defence delegation was in Moscow for talks aimed at resuming grain exports from Ukraine across the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry said Wednesday.
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World
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Region
6/13/2022 10:34:22 PM
Turkey's president hailed on Monday the start of the construction of an underwater pipeline to tap a Black Sea natural gas field that the government hopes will help wean the country off its dependence on energy imports.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
6/13/2022 10:11:16 PM
The United Nations on Monday begged world trade ministers meeting at the WTO not to impose export restrictions on food for humanitarian purposes, amid a food security crisis.
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World
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International
6/5/2022 2:30:36 PM
At the gates of the Black Sea, trade is in full swing as freighters and oil tankers sail from the heart of Istanbul to Russian and Ukrainian ports.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/31/2022 6:07:28 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had urged Vladimir Putin to end Russia's blockade of the Ukrainian port of Odessa under the terms of a UN resolution.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/30/2022 6:24:16 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that Moscow was ready to work with Ankara to free up maritime shipping blocked over the conflict in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
5/22/2022 5:42:43 PM
Fears over global food shortages as the Ukraine war grinds on is spurring calls for a safe corridor for ships to exit the Black Sea, but the logistics are daunting and would need Russian cooperation.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
5/12/2022 4:40:06 PM
The European Commission proposed helping Ukraine export its wheat and other grains by rail, road and river to get around a Russian blockade of Black Sea ports, which is preventing those critical supplies from reaching parts of the world at risk of food insecurity.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/10/2022 10:51:02 AM
Ukraine's vital Black Sea port of Odesa came under repeated missile attacks, including from some hypersonic missiles, after Russia marked its biggest patriotic holiday without giving new information about the war. Also, a Ukrainian official said the bodies of 44 civilians were found in the rubble of a building destroyed by Russia in March.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
5/8/2022 11:07:58 PM
Eight buses carrying 174 civilians including 40 evacuated from Azovstal steelworks at the Black Sea port of Mariupol arrived in Ukrainian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Sunday, an AFP reporter witnessed.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/7/2022 4:16:19 PM
Kyiv said Saturday it has destroyed another Russian warship near the Black Sea's Snake Island, where Ukrainian forces were awarded for heroism after rebuffing Russian demands to surrender.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
4/30/2022 11:09:36 PM
A group of 20 civilians are leaving the Azovstal steelworks, where the last Ukrainian troops are holed up in the Black Sea port of Mariupol, the soldiers there said Saturday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
4/30/2022 8:49:04 PM
A Russian rocket attack destroyed an airport runway in Odesa, Ukraine's third-largest city and a key Black Sea port, the Ukrainian army said Saturday.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
4/30/2022 2:16:24 PM
A ship loaded with 70,000 tonnes of Ukrainian corn leaves a Romanian Black Sea port, allowing Kyiv to dodge a Russian blockade of its key grain exports.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
4/17/2022 11:03:17 AM
Bulgaria has banned Russian-flagged ships from entering its Black Sea ports as part of expanded EU sanctions, the country's Maritime Administration announced on its website on Sunday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
4/16/2022 11:35:58 AM
Indignant over what it called Ukrainian strikes in Russian territory and following the stunning loss of its Black Sea flagship, Moscow threatened renewed missile attacks on Kyiv, where authorities said the bodies of more than 900 civilians were found outside the capital. Most had been shot dead, police said, and likely ‘simply executed’.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
4/15/2022 12:40:57 PM
A day after Moscow suffered a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, Russia's Defense Ministry promised Friday to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukraine's alleged military ``diversions on the Russian territory.''
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