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Pirates of the Azov Sea: How the Russians Steal Ukrainian Grain with the Assistance of the Danish Company Baltic Control. Assisted in conducting an investigation into the theft of 420.6 thousand tonnes of grain from occupied Berdiansk. The authors identified 20 vessels that carried out 85 voyages during the 2024–2025 period. KibOrg News investigates. Over the past year and a […]
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 […]
On the night of April 15 Russian Federal Security Service boats tried to set up a provocation against the group of boats of the Ukrainian Navy in the sea of Azov. Ukrainian Navy boats were on duty that night. The press office of the Ukrainian Navy issued the communication regarding the incident. “Russian Federation continues to violate the International law […]
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 provided the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea with false information about a return of three Ukrainian warships captured in the Kerch Strait.
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 […]
Ukrainian Ombudswoman says Ukrainian sailors – war prisoners in Russia will soon be back home, Russian counterpart denies. Ukraine’s Parliamentary commissioner for human rights Liudmyla Denisova said agreements were reached to return Ukrainian sailors held captive in the Russian Federation back home. The Omduswoman spoke to Hromadske TV when Ukrainian prisoners – convicted and serving their term in the uncontrolled […]
The key dates and facts of Russian aggression in the Azov-Kerch theater of operation in 2018. April 27 – The border guard service of the FSB of Russia begins a series of selective stops and inspections of merchant ships in the Sea of Azov, going to and from Ukrainian ports. The daily freight of a merchant ship is up to […]