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Foreign vessel detained for illegally exporting grain via occupied Crimea. A pre-trial investigation has established that in November 2024, a cargo ship flying the flag of a foreign illegal state exported over 4,600 tons of wheat from the Sevastopol Sea Commercial Port, which had been officially closed by Ukraine. The grain was likely seized by Russia from the occupied territories […]
Preliminarily, two ships were destroyed in occupied Crimea on the night of May 19, according to the spokesman of the Ukrainian Navy, Dmytro Pletenchuk. Context: Yesterday, the Ukrainian Navy reported the targeting of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s minesweeper, project 266-M “Kovrovets”. A minesweeper is a special-purpose ship, the task of which is to search for, detect and destroy sea […]
The AFU hit the large amphibious assault ship with a Neptune missile, the spokesman of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The large amphibious assault ship “Kostyantyn Olshansky” was hit with a “Neptune” missile. This was informed by the spokesman of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Pletenchuk on the air of the FREEDOM TV channel. According to him, the extent of the damage to the ship is […]
As a result of Ukraine’s air strike in Sevastopol, occupied Crimea on March 24, 2024, another russian ship Ivan Khurs was damaged. As a result of the attack of the Defense Forces of Ukraine on the temporarily occupied Sevastopol on March 24, the reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs was damaged, reports the Russian Telegram channel Astra with reference to sources. On […]
The Kremlin has completed large-scale military exercise, but the risks for Ukraine remain. The threat comes not only from land but also from the sea. Moscow is demonstrating its intentions to completely cut off Ukraine from trade routes in the Black and Azov Seas. This material will tell you how exactly the invaders intend to put pressure on Kyiv. Actual […]
Caspian Military flotilla belonging to Russian Military forces are being moved to the Black Sea. As a part of the so-called military training, landing troops and artillery vessels of the Caspian Military Flotilla belonging to the Russian Federation Navy are being moved to the Black sea. This was announced by the press office of the South Military Region. “In the […]
Russia plans to consolidate its total dominance in the Black Sea. It became known that in the coming years Russia's Black Sea Fleet will be strengthened with new Project 22350 frigates Admiral Gorshkov.
It has been repeatedly stated that Russia occupied not only the Crimean peninsula (27,000 km²), but also about 100,000 km² of the Ukrainian sea around Crimea, which is equal to the area of almost 4 estimated peninsulas!
Since the annexation of Crimea the Russian Federation has illegally extracted 10.4 billion cubic meters of Ukrainian natural gas
The Arbitration Tribunal in the Hague, constituted under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), reaffirmed its jurisdiction to consider Ukraine's claim against Russia for Russia’s violations in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait
Russia has returned the Ukrainian Navy's ships, which were captured with the use of weapons in the Kerch Strait area in November 2018.
Russia admits seizure and militarization of Ukrainian oil rigs in the Black Sea