Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Black Sea

Russia says it thwarted Ukraine drone attack on Black Sea port of Novorossiysk

Russia's defence ministry said early on Friday that it had thwarted an overnight drone attack by Ukraine on Novorossiysk, a Russian naval base on the Black Sea. A Ukrainian intelligence official told Reuters that a Russian vessel was damaged in the attack, although the regional governor had earlier stated that…

France 24

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Kyiv issues warning to Belarus as drone ‘blows hole’ in Russian ship

Strike marks first Ukrainian attack on one of Russia’s main commercial ports

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv claims to have put a Russian Black Sea ship out of action – as it happened

Moscow has confirmed Ukrainian sea drones attacked a navy base near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Protesters in Georgia drive away Russian cruise ship, allege violent police response

After two days of demonstrations, protesters in Georgia forced out the Russian cruise ship Astoria Grande, which had been docked at a Black Sea port in the southwest of the country. Police responded by using force on protesters, who cited their disapproval of the cruise ship’s passengers’ views on Russian…

France 24

US challenges world to tell Russia to stop using Ukrainian grain as `blackmail'

U_S_ Secretary of State Antony Blinken is challenging all countries to tell Russia to stop using the Black Sea and Ukraine’s grain as “blackmail” and stop treating the world’s hungry and vulnerable people as leverage in its “unconscionable war.”

The Independent UK

Putin is using food as a weapon – but his cynical attempts to drum up forced allies will fail

By reneging on the Black Sea grain deal, Russia has driven up food prices around the world, says Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: EU bans drone sales to Belarus and adds state TV presenters to sanctions list – as it happened

Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, is close ally of Vladimir Putin and EU says regime is ‘accomplice in Russia’s unprovoked war’

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Russia attacks grain port across River Danube from Romania amid Black Sea blockade

Erdogan says Putin agrees to visit Turkey as talks continue to restart grain deal

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 524 of the invasion

Drones strike Moscow for second successive day; Russia claims to have repelled attack on Black Sea fleet patrol ships

The Guardian - AU

Russian missile attacks leave few options for Ukrainian farmers looking to export grain

The collapse of the Black Sea grain deal and a series of missile strikes on Ukrainian grain silos and ports have left farmers with few options to export their grain — and all of them are getting more expensive

The Independent UK

Poland raises fears about ‘dangerous’ situation with Wagner troops near border – as it happened

Poland has been concerned about the spillover of war on to its territory ever since Russia invaded Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Egypt calls on Vladimir Putin to revive Black Sea grain deal

Abdel Fatah al-Sisi tells summit it is ‘essential’ to revive deal, as Kenya calls Moscow’s exit ‘a stab in the back’

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Africa summit: Putin offers unconvincing giveaways in a desperate bid to make up for killing the Ukraine grain deal

The second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg on July 27 and 28 was predictably overshadowed by the war in Ukraine – and especially Russia’s refusal to agree an extension of the Black Sea grain deal, which expired earlier in the month.

The Conversation

Ukraine struggles to rebuild a navy destroyed by Russia

First, Russia wiped out Ukraine's navy. Now, Moscow is blocking critical grain exports. As Ukraine tries to rebuild its navy, and fight back, NPR's Greg Myre got a ride on one of its few boats.

WEKU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

Russia's offer of 'free' grain to African countries not a solution: UN

UN chief Antonio Guterres has cast doubt on the effectiveness of Russia's offer to distribute free grain to six African countries. Putin told a summit with African leaders that Russia would replace Ukrainian exports by supplying free grain to compensate for the Black Sea shipping deal that fell apart last…

France 24

UN chief calls coup in Niger 'disturbing trend' in Sahel region

In tonight's edition: Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum vows democracy will prevail after mutinous soldiers detain him. Amid Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal, President Vladimir Putin pledges free shipments to six African countries. It comes as Moscow seeks to allay food insecurity concerns caused by its invasion of…

The Guardian - UK

Putin promises free grain to six African nations after collapse of Black Sea deal

President says Russia will replace blocked Ukrainian exports after it abandoned pact on passage of ships

Evening Standard

OPINION - Vladimir Putin’s war on grain could blow up into an international fight

The attacks on the Black Sea ports of Ukraine are a crude bid to shut down grain and maize exports, a mainstay of the Ukrainian economy and a mainstay of food aid to Egypt, north Africa and beyond. The blitz followed Russia’s withdrawal from the international agreement to ship Ukrainian…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

NATO will step up security in Black Sea region after Russia declares parts are unsafe for shipping

NATO says it's stepping up surveillance of the Black Sea region as it condemned Russia’s exit from a landmark deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea

Evening Standard

Russia may target Black Sea civilian ships after grain deal collapse – Cleverly

Rishi Sunak said he was ‘appalled’ by Russian strikes on Odesa in a call with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday

France 24

Russia is trying to 'fund its war machine at the expense of Africa', Ukraine's FM says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba condemned Russia's recent strikes on Ukraine's Black Sea ports in the wake of Moscow's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. "Russia's objective is to provoke the increase of [a] global food crisis, export its own grain without any…

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak ‘appalled’ by Odesa strikes amid efforts to restore vital grain deal

The Prime Minister stressed UK efforts to restore the Black Sea Grain Initiative ended by Moscow in a phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 517 of the invasion

Russia says it repelled drone attack on patrol boat in Black Sea; Ukraine claims small advance in the Bakhmut area

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: ex-US Marine freed in prisoner swap injured fighting in Ukraine; UN rejects Moscow claim on prison massacre – as it happened

Trevor Reed has been taken to Germany for treatment; UN human rights chief rejects claims a US-supplied HIMARS missile from Ukraine was responsible

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: UN chief calls on Russia to return to Black Sea grain deal; US journalist wounded in drone attack – as it happened

António Guterres calls on Moscow to return to deal allowing safe export of Ukrainian grain; US citizen working for AFP hurt in Bakhmut attack

1 … 12 13 14 15

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Atomic Energy Agency

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.