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Russia trades accusations with Ukraine on drifting Black Sea mines

(This March 31 story was refiled to remove picture)

Reuters

U.S. opted to vacate warships from Black Sea before Ukraine war, general says

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration made a policy decision to keep U.S. warships out of the Black Sea prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the top U.S. military commander in Europe, Air Force General Tod Wolters, told Congress on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukraine says Russia planting mines in Black Sea as shipping perils grow

Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of planting mines in the Black Sea and said some of those munitions had to be defused off Turkey and Romania as risks to vital merchant shipping in the region grow.

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Mariupol a strategic prize for Russia, symbol of resistance for Ukraine

The southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol has been under heavy fire from Russian forces since soon after the war began on Feb. 24.

Reuters

Egyptian Delegation to Visit India to Discuss Wheat Imports

A delegation from Egypt will visit India in the first week of April to facilitate wheat imports as part of efforts to secure supplies and tide over shortages at one of the world's biggest importers of the staple, Indian government sources said. Egypt, often the world's biggest wheat importer, is…

Asharq Al-Awsat

RAF fighter jets deployed to Romania for 'air space defensive' amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The Typhoon jets are said to be located at an airbase near the Black Sea

Bristol Post

Turkey defuses stray naval mine in Black Sea amid Ukraine war

A military diving team deactivated a stray naval mine off Turkey's northwest coast on Monday, Turkey's defence ministry said, the second such device to be defused in the area in days amid the war in Ukraine.

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Romania tries to defuse mine found floating off Black Sea coast

A Romanian military dive team was trying to defuse a mine detected some 70 kilometres offshore in the Black Sea, the defence ministry said on Monday, one of several found drifting in recent days.

Reuters

Turkey Detects Second Naval Mine in Black Sea

Turkey’s defense ministry says military teams are working to disable a second naval mine that was detected floating off Turkey’s Black Sea coast. On Monday, the ministry said Underwater Defense Teams that were dispatched to the site off the coast of Igneada, near the border with Bulgaria, had managed to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Live updates: UK sees stalled flighting, Black Sea blockade

British defense officials say Russian forces have made no significant progress in the past 24 hours amid continuing supply problems and aggressive resistance from Ukrainian fighters

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Biden defends Putin remarks

Ukraine news from March 28: Joe Biden refuses to backtrack after saying Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’.

Al Jazeera

'My personal tragedy': Ukrainians brace for attack on Odesa

The Black Sea port of Odesa is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate

The Independent UK

RAF deploys fighter jets to Ukraine border as fears grow over Putin's plans

The Ministry of Defence confirmed on Twitter that four fighter jets from the 3 (Fighter) Squadron are being sent to a military base on Romania's Black Sea coast

Daily Mirror

Turkey Defuses Mine after Russia Warns of Strays from Ukraine Ports

Turkey's military deactivated a mine on Saturday that had drifted in from the Black Sea, setting off a loud explosion north of Istanbul, days after Russia warned several of them had washed away from Ukrainian ports. Defense Minister Hulusi Akar described the object, first discovered by fishermen in the upper…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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For Odesa, there's echoes of troubled past as Russian threat moves closer

Odesa has meant romance and terror for as long as I can remember. Now another generation of refugees are fleeing terror — this time from war and occupation, writes Norman Swan.

Reuters

Turkey defuses mine after Russia warns of strays from Ukraine ports

Bangkok Post

What's next for Ukraine as the siege goes on?

Russian troops are stalled for the third week outside most of the major cities of eastern and central Ukraine, but they have failed to surround and cut off any of them except Mariupol, the big port on the Black Sea that has become the Ukrainian "Stalingrad". Indeed, Ukrainian counter-attacks are…

Zenger

VIDEO: Russian Warship Destroyed In Black Sea As Ukraine Continues Holding Off Russian Forces

NATO summit focuses on “supporting the brave people of Ukraine” and bringing an end to “this brutal war.”

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The Independent UK

Nato ‘working on’ providing anti-ship missiles to Ukraine, US says

It comes amid concerns that Russia will launch amphibious assaults along the Black Sea coast

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt in Talks with Argentina, India and US on Wheat Imports

Egypt is in talks with Argentina, India, France and the United States for future wheat imports but is in no rush to buy at the moment, the supply minister said on Thursday. Egypt, one of the world's biggest wheat importers, is looking for alternatives to Black Sea grain exports which…

France 24

‘We just want to stay alive’: Sheltering from Russian bombs in Odesa’s catacombs

Russian forces bombed residential areas in their first attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa on Monday. Ukraine fears the city could be the next target of Russia’s offensive in the south. Its inhabitants have found the perfect refuge from Russian bombs – the city's catacombs.

Zenger

VIDEO: Russian Navy Ship Fires Volley Of Missiles At Ukrainian Positions

Kalibr guided missiles depicted flying over Black Sea skies as Russia seemingly alters war strategy.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: NATO will ‘respond’ to chemical weapons

Ukraine-Russia news from March 24: US President Joe Biden warns Russia against using chemical weapons in Ukraine.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin desperately wants to claim the 'pearl of the Black Sea' but Odesa has become a fortress

As Russia's troops approach, the strategically important port city of Odesa is fortifying itself from the inside out, with sandbags lined on its streets and a population devoted to the war effort.

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Holocaust survivor Boris Romanchenko is killed in his Kharkiv apartment after it is shot and burns down

A 96-year-old man who had been forced to work underground and on the V-2 rocket by Nazis dies in his home as it is fired upon during a Russian attack, while homes in the Black Sea port city of Odesa are also hit by shelling from the invading forces.

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