The Latest Breaking News from Black Sea

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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