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Floating mines in Black Sea endangering grain, oil trade - officials

The risk of coming across floating mines in the major Black Sea shipping route is adding to perils for merchant ships sailing in the region, and governments must ensure safe passage to keep supply chains running, maritime officials say.

Reuters

Ukraine condemns Russia for alleged civilian executions, braces for onslaught in the east

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces braced for an intensified Russian onslaught against the eastern Donbas region Sunday as Russian missiles struck the strategic port of Odesa on the Black Sea and Ukrainian officials condemned Moscow over allegations of civilian executions.

Los Angeles Times

Fleeing Putin’s Russia: Exiles search for new identity, but find new problems

TBLISI, Georgia — In the hilly, cobblestoned capital of the Black Sea country Georgia, a Russian IT worker made his latest of multiple attempts at what would normally be a mundane task: opening a bank account.

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Live updates: Russian missiles strike oil plant in Odesa

The Russian military says it has struck an oil processing plant and fuel depots around the strategic Black Sea port of Odesa

The Independent UK

Zelensky slams ‘torture of whole nation’ as Bucha killings spark outrage

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said the Russian leadership was responsible for civilian killings in Bucha, near Kyiv, where bodies were found lying on a street following a Russian troop withdrawal. Zelensky slammed “the torture of the whole nation” amid international condemnations and calls for an investigation. Read our…

France 24

Russia preventing Ukraine resupply by Black Sea - UK military intelligence

Russian naval forces continue to blockade the Ukrainian coast on the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, preventing resupply by sea, British military intelligence said on Sunday.

Reuters

Ukraine's grain exports held up as railways struggle to cope - analyst

Ukraine's railways are struggling with a backlog of grain wagons on the country's western border as traders look for alternative export routes after Russia's invasion blocked off the main Black Sea ports, analyst APK-Inform said on Saturday.

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Exclusive-Photos show Russian attacks on Ukraine grain storage -U.S. official

U.S. government images seen by Reuters showed what a U.S. official said was damage to grain storage facilities in eastern Ukraine and was indicative of the severity of Russian attacks that are impacting the global food supply.

Reuters

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.

Reuters

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

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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.

Reuters

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

The Independent UK

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

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Al Jazeera

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’.

The Independent UK

'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

Daily Mirror

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

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

ABC News

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…

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