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Russia says it shot down three Ukrainian fighter jets, one near Snake Island

Russia on Monday said its forces had shot down three Ukrainian fighter jets, one near Snake Island in the Black Sea and the others in the Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions, while its missiles continued to pound targets in the east of the country.

Reuters

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Finland, Sweden to apply to NATO

News from May 15: Finland, Sweden announce decision to apply for NATO membership, setting aside decades of neutrality.

Al Jazeera

Russia denies Ukraine forces damaged navy ship in Black Sea

Russia on Saturday dismissed Ukraine's claim it had damaged a modern navy logistics ship in the Black Sea and showed photos of what it said was the vessel with no signs of damage.

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Trudy Rubin: Save Odesa to save the world from hunger and high food prices

When Russia sent hypersonic missiles into a shopping center in Ukraine’s elegant port city of Odesa on Monday, it was literally attacking the world.

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UN chief tells Putin: ‘Open Black Sea ports, if you have any heart for rest of world’

David Beasley, head of the United Nations World Food Programme, pleaded with the Russian president to end the blockade of Black Sea ports

Evening Standard

Ukraine thwarts Russian forces at river, sees long fight ahead

Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine's military showed on Friday, as the Ukrainian defence minister predicted many weeks of grinding fighting ahead.

Reuters

Ukraine news – live: Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra wins Eurovision as Russia threatens UK

Ukrainian president welcomes support from US Congress

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Russian logistics ship ‘on fire in Black Sea after Ukrainian strike’

‘Vsevolod Bobrov logistics ship, one of the newest in the Russian fleet, set on fire,’ says regional official

The Independent UK

Ukraine news — live: Russian navy ship ‘on fire’ in Black Sea

Kremlin threatens ‘retaliation’ if Finland joins Nato

The Independent UK

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine pits Georgians against government

It is commonplace these days to invoke the fears that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has awoken in Eastern Europe. With the 2008 invasion still fresh in the minds, the Black Sea nation of Georgia is also bracing itself against the Russian bear.

The Conversation

Russian blockade of Ukraine's ports puts global food supply at risk

The Russian blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports risks causing a global food crisis, given that Ukraine is one of the world’s top agricultural exporters. Analysts say this shows how Russia is weaponising food in its geopolitical games – but it’s a weapon the EU plans to neutralise by creating…

France 24

Global food threat: What to do about Russia's blockade of Ukrainian exports?

Can the rest of the world stay out of it when Russia's invasion of Ukraine starts to threaten food supplies? This week's bombing of the Black Sea resort of Odesa is a reminder that Moscow is blockading Ukraine's main port of export for wheat and other grains. The UN's World…

France 24

Vladimir Putin's rumoured lover celebrates birthday as he flies to city she lives in

It is unclear what Alina Kabaeva will be doing today for her birthday, but this week Vladimir Putin flew to the Black Sea resort Sochi where Kabaeva is said to be living with rumours swirling

Daily Mirror

Ukraine Cuts Russia Gas at 1 Hub, Underlining Risk to Supply

Ukraine shut down a pipeline Wednesday that carries Russian natural gas to homes and industries in Western Europe, while a Kremlin-installed official in a southern region seized by Russian troops said the area will ask Moscow to annex it. The talk of annexation in Kherson - and Russia's apparent willingness…

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Ukraine battles Russia in Black Sea over strategic Snake Island

A remote island off Ukraine occupied by Russia on the first day of its invasion has, as Kyiv steps up efforts to retake it, become the focal point of what some defence officials believe may become a battle for control of the western Black Sea coast.

Zenger

VIDEO: Line Of Fire: Column Of Russian Tanks Destroyed By Ukrainian Missile Squad

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the Russian blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports threatens global food supplies.

Evening Standard

Vladmir Putin’s stronghold on Snake Island ‘exposed’ to attack, says UK

Efforts to resupply Snake Island are allowing Ukrainian forces to inflict further losses on Russian troops

The Independent UK

Live updates | Pipeline operator to stop natural gas flow

Ukraine’s natural gas pipeline operator said it would stop Russian shipments through its Novopskov hub in a part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists

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Russia says it repelled Ukrainian attempts to reclaim Snake Island

Russia's defence ministry on Tuesday said it had repelled Ukrainian efforts to reclaim Snake Island in the Black Sea and had inflicted heavy losses in terms of men, vessels and aircraft in doing so.

Los Angeles Times

Odesa pounded by multiple missiles as Russia hits Ukraine’s ports

ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine — Russia’s ambitions to overtake southern Ukraine appeared to grow Tuesday as authorities reported the use of hypersonic missiles on the Black Sea city of Odesa and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on world powers to break a Russian blockade of his nation’s ports.

Zenger

VIDEO: Desert Island Hits: Ukrainian Fighter Jets Rain Bombs Down On Snake Island

The daring raid took place on Snake Island belonging to Ukraine in the Black Sea near the Danube Delta.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war may be causing rise in dolphin deaths, say scientists

Turkey has recorded rise in strandings across its Black Sea coast since beginning of Russian invasion

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: White House accuses Putin of ‘revisionist history’

US plans extra $40bn aid package for Ukraine amid concern over Russian missiles striking Black Sea port. Plus, Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe sells for $195m

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy calls for end to blockade of Odesa port to prevent global food crisis

Concern after Russian missiles strike Black Sea port as Biden accuses Putin of ‘revisionist history’ in Victory Day speech

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The next front in the Ukraine war will be on the Black Sea

On the surface, the tiny Ukrainian navy, just 5,000 active-duty sailors and a handful of small coastal boats, appears to be significantly overmatched by Russian maritime forces.

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