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Britain says Russia's Black Sea fleet retains ability to strike Ukraine

Russia's Black Sea fleet retains the ability to strike Ukrainian and coastal targets, despite its losses of the landing ship Saratov and the cruiser Moskva, Britain's defence ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia deploys trained dolphins at Black Sea naval base, satellite images show

Two dolphin pens were moved to the Sevastopol harbor base in February, concluded the US Naval Institute’s review

The Guardian - US

Russian attacks on key bridge may affect Ukraine's grain export plans

Russia launched two missile strikes and damaged a strategic bridge in Ukraine's Odesa region, state railways and local officials said on Wednesday, an event that could affect Ukrainian plans to expand exports through Danube ports.

Reuters

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Archer-Daniels-Midland Q1 Earnings Surpass Estimates

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) reported first-quarter FY22 sales growth of 25.2% year-on-year to $23.65 billion, beating the consensus of $17.91 billion. Revenues from Ag Services and Oilseeds rose 21.6% Y/Y, Carbohydrate Solutions increased 51.4%, and Nutrition climbed 23%. The gross profit increased 22.5% Y/Y to $1.9 billion with a margin of 8%. The Segment…

Benzinga

Ukraine invasion: 'stage two' of Russia's war is ringing alarm bells in nearby Moldova – here's why

The second stage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is underway. The scope of the war now appears to be establishing full control over Donbas and southern Ukraine. If successful, this would mean Russian occupation of approximately one-third of Ukraine, cutting the country off from its Black Sea ports, including Odesa.

The Conversation

Tebboune: Algeria Has Wheat Reserves Sufficient for 8 Months

Algeria has wheat reserves sufficient for eight months, the state news agency quoted President Abdelmadjid Tebboune as saying during a televised interview late on Saturday. Algeria purchased about 120,000 tons of optional-origin milling wheat in an international tender on April 13. Algeria’s state grains agency OAIC will allow traders to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine fends off Russian attacks as Mariupol, Odesa take pounding. Top US officials to arrive

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where Ukraine said it beat back numerous attacks but faced renewed shelling in the crippled city of Mariupol, the Black Sea port of Odesa and beyond.

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Sailors' families seek answers about Russian ship sinking

It took the Russian military over a week to acknowledge that one serviceman died and two dozen others were missing after one of its flagship cruisers sank in the Black Sea, reportedly the result of a Ukrainian missiles strike

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Deadly Russian strikes hit Odesa

Ukraine news from April 23: Russian forces fire at least six cruise missiles at the strategic Black Sea port.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: catch up on this week’s must-read news and analysis

Russia begins long-awaited push to seize eastern Ukraine … fight to the death in Mariupol … and the cost of war in Russia

The Guardian - AU

Russia claims one sailor dead and 27 missing following sinking of Black Sea warship Moskva

Investigative journalist calls defence ministry’s claims ‘highly improbable given the damage’

The Independent UK

What Russia’s advance in east Ukraine means for food security

The loss of Ukraine’s ports and most fertile stretch of land would further upend food prices, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

Russian captain of Black Sea landing ship killed in Ukraine invasion in latest blow for Putin

The captain was the commander of Caesar Kunikov, part of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

The Independent UK

China looks to learn from Russian failures in Ukraine

With its ground troops forced to pull back in Ukraine and regroup, and its Black Sea flagship sunk, Russia’s military failings are mounting

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Daily Mirror

Russia's story that Moskva flagship was sunk by fire exposed as lies by sailors' parents

The Russian Navy's prized Black Sea flagship Moskva sank on Thursday after a blaze and an explosion Ukraine has claimed was caused by one of their missiles

Daily Mirror

Russian warship commander killed in latest blow to Putin as invader deaths reach 20,600

Captain Alexander Chirva was the senior officer on landing ship Ceasar Kunikov, part of the Black Sea Fleet, when he reportedly died in the Ukrainian port of Berdyansk

The Independent UK

Live Updates | Bulgaria bans Russian ships from ports

Bulgaria has banned Russian-flagged ships from entering its Black Sea ports as part of expanded EU sanctions, the country’s Maritime Administration announced on its website on Sunday

Los Angeles Times

Blasts rock Kyiv and Lviv as Ukraine braces for payback over sunken Russian flagship

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russia stepped up its attacks on numerous fronts in Ukraine on Saturday, moving deeper into the besieged southern port of Mariupol and striking a suburb of Kyiv as well as an area near the major western city of Lviv as Ukraine endured what many here believe is…

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Reuters

Russia says all urban areas of Mariupol cleared of Ukrainian forces

(makes clear Mariupol is on the Sea of Azov, not the Black Sea)

Los Angeles Times

Blasts near Kyiv, Lviv as Ukraine braces for payback over sunken Russian flagship

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Powerful blasts rocked the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital and reverberated near the main city in the country’s west on Saturday as Ukraine braced for expected reprisal attacks fueled by Russia’s fury over the loss of the flagship of its Black Sea fleet.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Hits Kyiv Missile Factory after Flagship Sunk

Russia pounded a Ukrainian rocket factory following the sinking of its Black Sea flagship, as President Volodymyr Zelensky said his allies could shorten the war by delivering the weapons he had requested. The Vizar factory, near Kyiv's international airport, was seriously damaged in the overnight strikes, an AFP journalist saw…

Los Angeles Times

Russia renews attacks on Kyiv and fights to seize Mariupol

SEVERODONETSK, Ukraine — Thunderous blasts echoed across Ukraine’s eastern battle zone and in its capital Friday as Russia intensified its attacks and experts predicted it could soon take control of the embattled port city of Mariupol, a crucial prize that would help it consolidate territorial gains.

France 24

Debunking false claims that the Moskva warship sank... before it actually sank

Russia's main warship in the Black Sea, the Moskva, sank off the coast of Ukraine on Thursday night. Before Russia's defence ministry acknowledged that the cruiser had sunk, many social media users claimed that the warship had already been hit by Ukrainian missiles. But the images in the posts have…

Reuters

Russian crowd mourns Black Sea flagship after sinking

Dozens of people gathered in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on Friday to mourn the sinking of the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, a symbol, the crowd heard, of hope, revival and power until its demise.

Los Angeles Times

Russia resumes attacks on Kyiv after its most important warship sinks

SEVERODONETSK, Ukraine — Thunderous blasts echoed in the capital, Kyiv, and in Ukraine’s eastern battle zone on Friday, a day after Russia’s most important warship in the Black Sea sank while being towed to port, marking a humiliating wartime setback for Moscow.

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