The Latest Breaking News from Black Sea Fleet

West urges Russia to reverse Ukraine grain deal suspension

Moscow suspended its participation in the Black Sea deal after blaming Ukraine for a drone attack in Crimea.

Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2022

Global concern on Russia's suspension of Ukraine grain deal

U.S. President Joe Biden has warned that global hunger could increase because of Russia’s suspension of a U.N.-brokered deal to allow safe passage for ships carrying Ukrainian grain

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2022

Russian military contractor ‘recruiting convicts with serious diseases in bid to raise numbers’, says UK

In its latest intelligence briefing, the Ministry of Defence said that the Wagner Group is hiring convicts as it begins to prioritise ‘numbers over experience or quality’

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2022

Russian navy ‘repels’ drone attack on Crimea’s Sevastopol

Russia blames UK, Ukraine for the attack on Sevastopol, Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet HQ, as battle rages in the east.

Al Jazeera · Oct 29, 2022

Russian Forces Repel Drone Attack on Crimea

Russian naval forces repelled a drone attack in the Bay of Sevastopol, where the Black Sea Fleet in headquartered, on the annexed Crimean peninsular, the Russian-installed leader of the area said on Saturday. "Ships of the Black Sea Fleet repelled a drone attack in the waters of the Sevastopol Bay,"…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 29, 2022

Putin ‘moves submarines away from Crimea’ after Ukrainian attacks

Vladimir Putin’s naval commanders have moved submarines away from Crimea after Ukrainian attacks deep into the peninsula, British defence chiefs said on Tuesday. They argued that the Russian president’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 was partly to ensure a base there for his Black Sea Fleet but this aim had…

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2022

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet relocating some of its submarines: UK

The UK defence ministry says submarines ‘almost certainly’ moved as Moscow fears them being hit.

Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2022

Vladimir Putin ‘moves submarines away from Crimea’ after Ukrainian attacks deep into peninsula

‘The command of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has almost certainly relocated its KILO-class submarines from their home port of Sevastopol’

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2022

Ukraine war: how Kyiv's southern offensive will exploit Russia's naval vulnerabilities

Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in the Kherson region on August 29, the success of which would have major military, political and symbolic consequences. This move has been made possible by Ukraine’s recent maritime successes that have reduced Russia’s ability to control the southern coast of Ukraine.

The Conversation · Aug 31, 2022

Ukraine looks to strike blow against Russian morale as it targets Crimea

Kim Sengupta reported from Crimea as Russian forces occupied the region in 2014 – it is now once again a key psychological and strategic prize in the current war

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022