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Türkiye Agrees with Russia Request to Lift Fertilizer Export Obstacles

Türkiye’s foreign minister said on Friday he agreed with Russia's request to lift obstacles to Russian fertilizer and grain exports, and that this needed to be addressed to extend the overall Black Sea grain deal involving Ukraine. Mevlut Cavusoglu told a news conference in Ankara, alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergei…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia formally charges US reporter with espionage

Russian investigators on Friday formally charged an American journalist with espionage which he had allegedly carried out “in the interest of his country”. The journalist, who works for the Wall Street Journal, has denied the charges. Read our live blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are…

France 24

Ukrainian dolphins find new home in Romanian aquarium

At the dolphinarium in the Black Sea port city of Constanta, Romanian and Ukrainian trainers are letting dolphins guide them despite language barriers.

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Russia’s Lavrov to Discuss Ukraine, Grain and Energy in Visit to Türkiye

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu will discuss the conflict in Ukraine, energy cooperation and the Black Sea grain deal during a two-day visit by a Russian delegation this week. Türkiye has positioned itself as a potential intermediary between Kyiv and Moscow in the 13-month…

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Russia's Lavrov to discuss Ukraine, grain and energy in visit to Turkey

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NATO, US forces join Romania-led Black Sea military drills

Romania’s navy is leading multinational military drills in the Black Sea region

The Independent UK

Sevastopol Suspends Ferries after Drone Attack, Says Russian-backed Governor

The Russian-backed administration in Sevastopol said on Wednesday that it had suspended ferry routes around the port city, shortly after the city's governor said a Ukrainian drone attack had been repelled by air defenses. Writing on Telegram, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said that three "objects" had been destroyed, and that…

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Ukraine says Russia Kalibr missile cargo hit in transit to Crimea

Ukraine says shipment of Russian Kalibr cruise missiles was destroyed in transit to the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.

Al Jazeera

Russia sets grain deal conditions, Putin suggests free grain for Africa

Russia laid out conditions on Monday for agreeing to any further extension of the Black Sea grain deal, and President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow could send free grain to African countries if those conditions were not met.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 389 of the invasion

Russian president visits Mariupol after his forces accused of using cluster bombs in Kramatorsk strikes that leave two dead

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine Black Sea grain export deal extended, UN and Turkey say

An agreement allowing Ukraine to ship grain from its Black Sea ports was due to expire on Saturday.

Al Jazeera

Russia agrees to extend the Ukraine grain deal again

Brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, the deal allows Ukraine to ship food and fertilizer through a humanitarian corridor from Black Sea ports. The duration of the extension remained uncertain.

WEKU

Russia extends grain deal for 60 days, wants to see progress on concerns

Russia has notified all parties to the Black Sea grain deal that the agreement has been extended for 60 days and reiterated it would not consider another extension until its concerns have been addressed, Moscow said on Saturday.

Reuters

Putin visits Crimea to mark nine years since annexation from Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation from Ukraine on Saturday.

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Russia Extends Grain Deal for 60 Days

Russia has notified all parties to the Black Sea grain deal that the agreement has been extended for 60 days, the RBC media outlet quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Saturday. The United Nations, Türkiye, who brokered the deal last July, and Ukraine wanted a 120-day renewal.

Reuters

Black Sea grain deal extended, Turkey and Ukraine say

A deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports that was due to expire on Saturday has been renewed, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said, while a Ukrainian government minister said the extension had been agreed for 120 days.

WEKU

Putin visits Crimea to mark the anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to the Black Sea peninsula to mark the ninth anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine. Russia's move in 2014 was denounced as illegal by most of the world.

Reuters

U.S. resumes drone flights over Black Sea after Russia intercept

The United States has resumed surveillance drone flights over the Black Sea region following a Russian fighter jet intercept on Tuesday that led to the downing of a U.S surveillance drone, two U.S. officials said on Friday.

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UN says it is doing everything possible to continue Ukraine grain deal

The United Nations is "doing everything possible" to make sure a deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports continues, U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Friday, a day before the pact is due to expire.

The Conversation

The Black Sea drone incident highlights the loose rules around avoiding 'accidental' war

The extraordinary footage of a Russian jet intercepting a US drone over the Black Sea earlier this week demonstrates just how potentially disastrous such encounters outside actual war zones can be.

Daily Mirror

Believers in 'eating sunlight' see their newborn child die of 'prolonged starvation'

The Russian Investigative Committee is examining the circumstances of the child’s tragic death near the Black Sea resort city of Sochi and a criminal case has been launched

Evening Standard

Video released by US shows moment Russian jet hit spy drone over Black Sea

The incident has led to rising tensions between the US and Russia

The New Daily

Pentagon releases video of Black Sea drone incident

The Pentagon has released a video showing Russia's intercept of a United States military surveillance drone downed over the Black Sea.

The Guardian - UK

US releases footage of Russian jet crashing into American drone over Black Sea

Pentagon says video has been edited for length but shows sequence of events

Bangkok Post

NATO, Russia in high risk aerial cat-and-mouse game

PARIS - The loss of a US drone in the Black Sea after an alleged collision with a Russian war plane has exposed the high-risk cat-and-mouse game in European skies between NATO and Russian aircraft.

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