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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent

Nato increases Black Sea deployment amid escalating deadly Russian attacks

Viewed from an F-16 cockpit, a fiery missile streak shoots across the sky above the Black Sea
A Romanian air force F-16 fighter jet shoots at a drone flying over the Black Sea near Sulina on 17 October. Photograph: MAPN/Romanian Defence Ministry/AFP/Getty Images

Nato is deploying additional military assets to the Black Sea amid the recent deadly escalation of Russian attacks on merchant shipping, as five more vessels were attacked on Tuesday.

Russia’s military said it ⁠struck ​three cargo vessels in Ukraine’s ⁠port of Reni and two ⁠other cargo vessels en ​route ‌to ‌Odesa.

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