black sea

Russia now does not need the mandatory legal confirmation of its dominance in the Black Sea. It is enough for the occupiers of Crimea to make others feel cramped in these waters. It was admitted by Olen Snigyr, leading specialist in Centre for International Studies in Hennadiy Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, Ph.D in Political Science. Their experience multiplied by […]

On August 21, the Moscow City Court appointed a hearing on appeals case of 13 Ukrainian prisoners of war based by decree to extend the arrest until October, 2019. Lawyer Mykola Polozov announced this on Facebook, in the group “Defense of Ukrainian captive sailors”. According to him, the court hearings of the Moscow City Court on the appeal case by […]

Events in the Black sea are unfolding at such a speed that traditional foreign policy cannot keep up and requires an urgent careful and creative re-thinking. The analysis made by Andrii Klymenko, associate fellow, Crimea Department, Maidan of Foreign Affairs, Editor-in-Chief of the BSNews is aimed at anyone who cares about the region. The author stresses that it is important […]

100 aircraft and helicopters – Russia announces large-scale exercise with shooting in occupied Crimea. A hundred Russian aircraft and helicopters will be involved in large-scale exercise to be held in southern Russia and in the occupied Crimea on August 6 – 16, 2019. The press service of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation announce […]

Russian servicemen block Ukrainian Navy HQ in Crimea. The patrols around the headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy in Sevastopol.