Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin “uses these tankers to finance his war,” shipping oil from the Black Sea. Veniamin Kondratiev, governor of Russia’s Krasnodar region, said efforts to clean up the oil spills washed ashore were being hampered by stormy weather. “The weather is ...
MOSCOW, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Black Sea Fleet has received a series of new ships of various types in the past three years, Alexander Vitko, commander of the fleet, told Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper in an interview published Wednesday. Since 2015, the fleet has received two new frig...
The vessels aim to create a conflict situation in the region, it said, adding that the Border Service is taking all measures to stop this "deliberate provocation" and ensure security of navigation and regulation of maritime traffic in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait. The...
In relation to future sanctions on Russia, they declared that"Any new, additional sanctions after February should be linked to whether the Russian Federation enters into real, good-faith efforts to bring an enduring end to the war against Ukraine that provides Ukraine with long-term security and ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin to allow the United Nations to set up a sea corridor for Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea, according to a report by Turkish state-owned Anadolu news agency. ...
The cost of a Black Sea war risk premium, which is typically renewed every seven days and is in addition to annual insurance expenses, was estimated at tens of thousands of dollars per ship for the voyage. At least 30 ships had dropped anchor around Musura Bay in the...
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, an initiative of Ukraine, Russia, the United Nations and Turkey, said the vessels are carrying a total of 114,925 metric tons of grain and other crops. One ship carrying wheat is destined for Bangladesh. Another ship will depart from Ukraine's Yuzhny-Pivdenny...
"The message that it sends is that international airspace and waters are for everybody, it doesn't belong to one country," John told CBS News. The U.S. says it's committed to maintaining the security of the Black Sea, and that's crucial for America's friends in the region, including...
"Thanks to declassified intelligence, we know the Russian military targeted a civilian cargo ship in the Black Sea with multiple missiles on the 24th of August," Sunak said in an update to parliament on the G20 summit he attended in New Delhi. The missiles had targete...
Russian naval activity in the Black Sea has increased, Pentagon says Russian warships ahead of the Navy Day parade in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea, on July 23, 2021. Alexey Pavlishak | Reuters Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. has observed an increase in Russian naval...