Black Sea & Crimea

2+ hour, 33+ min ago   (725+ words) India and Liberia, co-chairs of a UN group on shipping and seafarer safety, have jointly condemned a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the Gulf region and the Black Sea, calling for an immediate halt. The statement follows several…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (285+ words) Colonel Joby Rimmer, UK Senior Military Advisor, condemns attacks on civilian shipping in the Black Sea and highlights the wider consequences of Russia’s war for maritime security and freedom of navigation. Thank you, Mr Chair. The United Kingdom stands in…...

11+ hour, 58+ min ago   (401+ words) Oct 9, 2026 20:39 116 Two Russian warships capable of launching Kalibr cruise missiles were likely damaged in the Ukrainian attack on Novorossiysk on the night of September 9. They are the Grigorovich-class frigate and the small Buyan-M-class missile ship Sviyazhsk, Defense Express reports, citing…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1656+ words) New Delhi: The Black Sea has emerged as a major theatre in the Russian-Ukraine war, with events in that maritime region affecting the military balance on land, global food movement, and the security calculations of NATO states along its shores....

9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (368+ words) Oct 9, 2026 23:04 143 Russian forces have struck three cargo ships in and around Ukrainian Black Sea ports, the Russian Defense Ministry said, as quoted by Reuters. According to the ministry, one ship was hit in the port of Nikolaev, the second – in…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (182+ words) Published 10 Oct.2026 09:50(KST) Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack targeting major Moscow airports as Russian President Vladimir Putin was returning home, The New York Times (NYT) reported on October 9 local time. According to the report, Ukraine launched drones toward Moscow’s…...

6+ hour, 21+ min ago   (217+ words) ▲ Russian President Vladimir Putin Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Moscow airports coinciding with the return flight of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S. daily The New York Times reported on the 9th (local time). According to the report, Ukraine…...

3+ hour, 15+ min ago   (146+ words) When Putin called Crimea "Russia's holy land" in 2014, he probably never imagined that twelve years later this peninsula would become his heaviest strategic burden. If you open a map today and look toward the northern shore of the Black Sea,…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago   (18+ words) Deccan Herald A theatre of conflict on the Red Sea...

38+ min ago   (204+ words) Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ruslan Varanov reported that on October 9, the ministry summoned Ivan Novitsky, the chargé d'affaires ad interim of Ukraine, and handed him a note of protest. The reason for the call, according to the official, was an…...