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More than half a million people left without power in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine after huge storm

A storm in the Black Sea damaged buildings and knocked down power lines, leaving more than half a million people without power in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine, Russian state media and Ukraine's energy ministry said

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Ukraine is shipping more grain through the Black Sea despite threat from Russia

Increasing numbers of ships are streaming toward Ukraine’s Black Sea ports and heading out loaded with grain, metals and other cargo despite the threat of attack and explosive mines

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: it may be stalemate on land, but Kyiv's Black Sea success could bring wider benefits this winter

As the attention of the world centres on the war in Gaza, many commentators believe that the war in Ukraine is becoming a stalemate. To date, Ukraine’s highly anticipated summer counteroffensive has not resulted in any substantial territorial gain, and Russia has not made any progress either.

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Storms delay search for 12 crew missing after Turkish cargo ship sinks in Black Sea

Turkey's interior minister says severe storms have delayed a search-and-rescue operation for 12 crew members of a cargo ship that sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast

The Independent UK

Severe storms delay search for 12 crew missing after Turkish cargo ship sinks in Black Sea

Turkey's interior minister says severe storms have delayed a search-and-rescue operation for 12 crew members of a cargo ship that sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 633

Blackouts as Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy systems restart; Ukraine shipping out millions of tonnes of grain via Black Sea corridor

The Guardian - AU

A Russian missile hits a Liberia-flagged ship in Odesa, Ukraine's main Black Sea port

A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian port of Odesa has hit a Liberian-flagged freighter, killing a port worker and wounding another, as well as three citizens of the Philippines, crew members on the ship

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One killed and four injured after Russian missile hits civilian vessel in Black Sea

More feared dead in attack on Odesa’s Pivdennyi port

The Independent UK

Ukraine fires drones over Black Sea and Crimea as Putin’s attacks fail in Bakhmut

Top Kyiv military official recently said Crimea would be subject to renewed aerial bombardment

The Independent UK

Kyiv ‘outraged’ over attack on Odesa’s National Art Museum; ex-Wagner fighters training in Chechnya – as it happened

Ukraine calls on Unesco to condemn strike on art museum; large group of mercenaries training with special forces, Chechen leader says

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine suffers most intense bombardment of Russian shelling in a single day this year, Kyiv says

As Russia bombarded the Black Sea and reduced regions to rubble, Ukraine has made gains on two fronts

The Independent UK

How the West can help Ukraine win its economic war with Russia

'Right now, Ukraine’s allies can help most by freeing Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, with or without Russian cooperation,' writes James K. Glassman.

Fortune

Russia's plan to relocate its Black Sea naval base from Crimea is priceless for Ukraine's morale

With Russia on the offensive around Avdiivka in the east of Ukraine, most commentators’ attention is once again focused on the battlefield on land. But it’s also crucial to keep a close watch on what is happening in the Black Sea.

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Ukraine's leader says Russian naval assets are no longer safe in the Black Sea near Crimea

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe bases and secure maritime corridors in the western part of the Black Sea

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Al Jazeera

Russia claims destruction of three Ukrainian boats off Crimea

The Black Sea, which Ukraine needs to export its grain, has been a key battleground in the ongoing war.

The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Treason and grief in the town of Hroza after a deadly Russian missile attack; Kyiv makes remarkable progress in Black Sea

France 24

Zelensky accuses Russia of supporting Hamas operations in Israel

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Moscow of supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas in its war against Israel. This came after the president travelled to Romania for the first time since Russia's invasion to speak to President Klaus Iohannis about artillery and air defence supplies. Read our live…

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‘They miscalculated’: Ukraine turns the tables on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

Russia relocates ships from Sevastopol while the UK lauds Kyiv’s ‘functional defeat of the Black Sea Fleet’.

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The Guardian - UK

‘A new form of warfare’: how Ukraine reclaimed the Black Sea from Russian forces

Kyiv has turned the region into a no-go zone for Moscow’s bristling warships

The Guardian - US

Zelenskiy says deadly village missile attack was ‘no blind strike’ – as it happened

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The Independent UK

Russia facing ‘functional defeat’ in the Black Sea – but Kyiv allies warn they are running out of ammunition

Naval successes ‘every bit as important’ as last year’s counteroffensive, claims UK

Al Jazeera

UK warns of Russia laying ‘sea mines’ to deter Black Sea cargo ships

Russian sea mines warning comes as Ukrainian navy says 12 cargo vessels preparing to travel to Ukraine Black Sea ports.

The Guardian - UK

UK says Russia plotting to sabotage Ukrainian grain vessels with sea mines

Based on ‘declassified intelligence’, UK says Russia targeting civilian shipping on approaches to Black Sea ports

The Independent UK

Russia facing ‘functional defeat’ in the Black Sea – but Kyiv allies warn they are running out of ammunition

Naval successes ‘every bit as important’ as last year’s counteroffensive, claims UK

Al Jazeera

Russia says Ukraine’s Western allies assisted in Black Sea Fleet HQ attack

Moscow says US, UK had role in planning and executing attack by providing spy plane, satellite intelligence to Kyiv.

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