The Latest Breaking News from Black Sea

Ukraine has launched its largest drone attack to date on Russian assets in the Black Sea and Crimea. This is consistent with an escalation in attacks on Crimea and the surrounding region in recent weeks, highlighting the strategic importance of that region for Kyiv.

Russia has used the waters to launch missile assaults on Ukraine’s cities and blockade its ports. Now Kyiv is fighting back in a big way

Ukraine said its forces had broken a Russian line of defence and recaptured small clutches of land near Bakhmut and along the southern front, regions where Kyiv's troops have focused their slow-moving counteroffensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in New York on Monday ahead of his address to the UN…

Two cargo ships have arrived in one of Ukraine’s ports this weekend, using a temporary Black Sea corridor established by the government

Vessels will load around 20,000 tonnes of wheat for African and Asian markets

The recapture, by Ukrainian forces, of the oil and gas platforms off the coast of Crimea known as the “Boyko towers” has both strategic and symbolic significance. Their position, between the westerly-most point of Crimea and Snake Island, in waters close to Ukraine’s border with Romania, puts them in a…

Kim Jong-un pledged to support Russia’s ‘sacred’ fight against the west; attack on Sevastopol damages vessels in Russia’s Black Sea fleet

Ten missiles attacked Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters at naval port Sevastopol, Russian authorities said

US secretary of state says ‘Russia’s war of aggression’ threatens order ‘enshrined in UN charter’