Black Sea
Operation Odessa: Russia Wants the Entire Ukrainian Black Sea Coast
“Odessa, come back home. We have longed for Odessa in the Russian Federation, because of the city’s history, the people who live there, and the language they speak. This is...
Sinking Feeling: Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Has Lost 20 Percent of Its Strength
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claimed to have destroyed the Russian Navy’s Project 1241 Molniya missile corvette Ivanovets in the Black Sea in the early hours of Thursday morning. The...
The Russian Navy Is Dying in the Black Sea Thanks to Ukraine
The war in Ukraine continues with no end in sight. Indeed, as the weeks go by, it is increasingly looking likely that the conflict will drag out well into 2024. ...
Putin: Russia Needs ‘Real Guarantees’ to Resume Grain Deal
During a phone call with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday, Russian leader Vladimir Putin indicated that his government would consider resuming its participation in a Turkish and United...
Turkey Vows to Protect Ukrainian Grain Exports
The Turkish government announced on Monday that it would continue to ensure the free export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, one day after Russia announced that it would...
Russia Threatens to Scrap Key Ukraine Grain Export Deal
Moscow has formally threatened to quit a key four-way agreement on Black Sea grain exports reached earlier this summer. Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, told...
Moldova Condemns Russian Missile Attack That Violated Airspace
The Moldovan government filed a diplomatic protest with the country’s Russian ambassador on Monday after Russian missiles launched from warships in the Black Sea flew through Moldovan airspace in order...
Long Ignored, Black Sea Security Is Back On NATO’s Agenda
The United States and its NATO partners must pay closer attention to the Black Sea, particularly amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, a group of experts explained during a...
Without Alexandroupolis, Transatlantic Security Is Dead in the Water
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is rapidly raising the strategic profile and potential of Alexandroupolis, a once-overlooked Greek town on the northern Aegean Sea adjacent to Turkey and Bulgaria. Emblematic of...
The Looming Threat of Russia’s Black Sea Ambitions
Western headlines have focused on Ukraine’s success in driving the Russian Army from the gates of Kyiv and Kharkiv. But as the battle for the Donbas still rages, another critical...
Race Against the Clock: Can the Ukraine Grain Deal Avert Famine?
Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, and United Nations officials agreed on Monday to codify a set of transit procedures allowing ships to enter and exit the Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Chernomorsk, and Pivdennyi/Yuzhny...
Ukraine Hopes to Resume Grain Exports This Week, Despite Russian Strike
The Ukrainian government said it hopes to resume grain exports from the Black Sea port of Odessa despite a Russian missile strike on Sunday. “We expect that, as announced, despite...