Abkhazia Has Prepared a Port for the Russian Navy
In Abkhazia, a resolution has been prepared on the allocation of a land plot for basing ships of the Russian Navy in the Ochamchira port. ANNA-news writes about this with…
Russia Claims Ukraine Tried to Attack Civilian Ships
“Tonight, the Kiev regime attempted a terrorist attack using three semi-submersible unmanned boats on Russian civilian transport ships en route to the Bosphorus Strait in the southwestern part of the…
NATO-Ukraine Council Addresses Black Sea Security
The NATO-Ukraine Council met on Wednesday (26 July 2023) to address the serious security situation in the Black Sea region following Russia’s unilateral termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative…
Russia Sinks a Captured Ukrainian Corvette
The Russian military has sunk the Ukrainian corvette Ternopil, which was seized in 2014 during the occupation of Crimea. A video of the ship being hit was published by the…
Russia: Project 22160 Sergey Kotov Survived Drone Attack
The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s patrol ship Sergey Kotov repelled an attack by two Ukrainian seaborne drones the night of July 22, destroying both enemy vessels, with no one hurt…
Russia Issues Mine Warning Along Black Sea Shipping Lane
The Russian Black Sea Fleet command has issued a mine warning for the shipping route in the northwestern Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday. “The Black Sea…
Russia Denies Shooting Down MQ-9 Over the Black Sea
Moscow. March 14. INTERFAX-AVN – The Russian military said that the Russian fighters did not use weapons against the American drone over the Black Sea, it fell as a result…
NATO Issues Mine Warning for Black Sea
Drifting mines have been detected and deactivated in the Western Black Sea by coastal nation’s authorities (ref. NAVAREA III-126/22 and NAVAREA III 017/22). The latest statement of regional authorities, confirming…
German View of Naval & Maritime Interests of the Black Sea Countries
For most citizens of the EU and Russia, the Black Sea was probably primarily a tourist concept until spring 2022: Varna and Sevastopol were and are the tourist strongholds on…
ROS Lieutenant Dimitrie Nicolescu Damaged by Mine
The maritime tug “Lieutenant Dimitrie Nicolescu” (DM-29) arrived on Thursday, September 8, around 5:45 p.m., in the area where the sea mine reported by the GSP ship “Falcon” was adrift.…