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The Latest Breaking News from Black Sea

Sea drones are forcing Russia to retreat. Ukraine eyes up even more complex attacks

Group 13 operates the Magura family of drones, which Ukraine credits with multiple strikes on Russian ships

The Independent UK

Sanctioned oil tanker is stranded off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast after suspected Ukrainian strike

Bulgarian maritime authorities have launched efforts to evacuate the crew of the oil tanker Kairos, stranded off the Black Sea port of Ahtopol

The Independent UK

Third Russian tanker attacked in the Black Sea, Turkey says

The vessel did not request assistance and its 13 crew members were unharmed, according to Turkey's Maritime Affairs Directorate.

Euronews

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A third Russian tanker attacked in the Black Sea, Turkish authority says

The Turkish maritime authority reports a tanker carrying sunflower oil from Russia to Georgia was attacked in the Black Sea

The Independent UK

Turkey condemns Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil tankers off Black Sea coast

The Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea

The Independent UK

Ukrainian Naval Drones Cripple Two Russian Oil Tankers In Black Sea, Disrupt Moscow's Shadow‑Fleet Operations

Two sanctioned oil tankers were reportedly struck by Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea while they were en route to a Russian port to load crude for foreign markets.

Benzinga

Ukraine releases video showing moment naval drones striking Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea

Ukraine’s security services say that domestically made naval drones struck two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, involving vessels described as part of Russia’s “shadow fleet.”

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Ukraine drones strike Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tankers in Black Sea

Sea Baby naval drones had disabled vessels capable of transporting oil worth almost $70 million

The Independent UK

Van is chased by police in Bulgaria and crashes, killing six migrants

A vehicle crash near the Black Sea city of Burgas has resulted in the deaths of six migrants

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Bulgaria to seize Russian refinery after Putin issues nuclear weapons test order

Burgas refinery is the only one of its kind in Bulgaria and was a vital party of Lukoil's foreign business empire

The Independent UK

Ukraine ‘destroys elite Russian unit’ in drone strike on Black Sea oil rig

The Black Sea oil rig is one of four that have been occupied by Russian forces for a decade

The Independent UK

Ukraine unveils upgraded 'Sea Baby' drone it says can strike anywhere in the Black Sea

The range of the "Sea Baby" has been expanded from 1,000 kilometres to 1,500 kilometres and it can carry up to 2,000 kilograms of payload.

Euronews

Ukraine reveals ‘sea baby’ drones that could change the war with Russia

The craft are operated remotely from a mobile control center inside a van

The Independent UK

Zelensky revokes citizenship of Odesa mayor accused of holding Russian passport

President moves to take direct control of strategic Black Sea port city deeply shaped by Russian cultural influence

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Russian Submarine Surfaces in France: Naval Protocol or Technical Meltdown?

According to reports, the Novorossiysk, a Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine operated by the Russian Black Sea Fleet, was observed navigating on the surface near Brittany on 9 October 2025.

International Business Times

Georgia Risks Political Turmoil Over Weekend Vote

Georgia risks fresh political turmoil this weekend as the ruling party -- accused by critics of aligning the Black Sea nation with Moscow -- faces its first electoral test since a disputed parliamentary poll threw the country into chaos last year.

International Business Times

Bulgarian Mussel Farmers Face Risk, And Chance, In Hotter Sea

Faced with rising Black Sea temperatures that suffocate his mussels, Bulgarian farmer Nayden Stanev has been forced to change his ways -- shifting his seeding schedule and harvesting at cooler depths.

The Conversation

Russia has provided fresh evidence of its territorial ambitions in Ukraine

After a meeting hosted by the French president, Emmanuel Macron on September 4, 26 countries have pledged to create a “reassurance force” to provide security guarantees for Ukraine in the event that a peace agreement with Russia is reached. The Russian president reacted by saying that Russia would target any…

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International Business Times

Uzbek Workers Fill Gap As Bulgarian Population Shrinks

Nilfar Nazarova used to work as an accountant in her native Uzbekistan but for the past four summers she has been cleaning hotel rooms in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Albena.

Benzinga

Ukrainian Drone Sparks Blazes Just Miles From Putin's Mysterious $1.5B Black Sea Palace

A Ukrainian drone strike has ignited widespread forest fires in close proximity to Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s opulent Black Sea residence, colloquially known as “Putin’s Palace”.

Euronews

Smugglers in Bulgaria nearly kill 24 migrants who paid thousands to get into EU

The 24 migrants from Afghanistan were found in a van in Lozenets, a village situated on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast and near the Turkish border.

International Business Times

'Turkish Salmon': The Black Sea's New Rose-coloured Gold

Sitting in his spacious office with a view of the Black Sea, Tayfun Denizer smiles: his rainbow trout, raised in submerged cages, have made him a wealthy man.

Euronews

How marine drones have become essential in the fight against sea mines

The western part of the Black Sea is threatened by sea mines. Hundreds of devices are a hazard to the coastal and maritime activities of NATO countries such as Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Sea drones could be the solution to eliminate the risk experts say.

Evening Standard

Why does Russia want the Crimea? The fight for power in the Black Sea

Why is a peninsula in Eastern Europe at the centre of a billion-dollar war?

The Independent UK

Why has Trump told Zelensky to let go of Crimea?

The area has become the focal point of escalating tensions between Russia and the West

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