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In Ukraine, civilian suffering intensifies amid Russian blockades, bombardment

KYIV, Ukraine — A dozen days into a devastating war and an unfolding refugee crisis, Russian forces on Monday launched withering new attacks on Ukrainian civilian areas and strategic centers, seeking to cripple the country’s defenses and establish supremacy over Ukraine’s vital Black Sea coast.

Los Angeles Times

Russia’s Ukraine invasion a threat to world’s ‘breadbasket,’ some prices already surging

It’s threatening the food supply in Africa, Asia and Europe that rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region and could send more people into poverty.

Chicago Sun-Times

As Ukraine evacuates trapped seafarers, foreign mariners count cost of war

Bangladeshi seafarer Asiful Islam recalls the moment when a missile struck his cargo ship last week off the Ukrainian port of Olvia, killing his crew mate.

Reuters

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Google Maps shows Vladimir Putin's 'secret' Black Sea luxury mansion worth £1 BILLION

President of Russia Vladimir Putin is alleged to have a £1 billion mansion on the Black Sea. He denies the claims and the Kremlin insists it is merely a business venture by wealthy Russians

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian navy: Russian vessel near Odessa retreated after being struck by Ukrainian gunfire

Ukrainian naval forces defending the Odessa region hit a Russian vessel in the Black Sea with gunfire, Ukraine's navy said on Monday.

Reuters

Ukraine says hit part of Black Sea port of Olvia has been hit

Ukraine's infrastructure ministry said on Monday that part of the Black Sea port of Olvia, which is under concession to Qatari sea port operator QTerminals, had been hit by a military "strike".

Reuters

Ukrainian Railways ready boost grain exports by train

Ukraine's state-run railway operator is ready to organise agricultural exports by rail as a matter of urgency, it said on Sunday, after closure of the country's Black Sea ports because of the military invasion by Russia.

Reuters

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Erdogan Urges Putin to Declare Ukraine Ceasefire, Make Peace

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday to declare a ceasefire in Ukraine, open humanitarian corridors and sign a peace agreement, his office said. NATO member Turkey shares a maritime border with Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea and has good ties with both.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian War in World’s ‘Breadbasket’ Threatens Food Supply

The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine also are threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people in Europe, Africa and Asia who rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region — known as the “breadbasket of the world.” Ukrainian farmers have been forced to neglect their…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv issues air raid warning as Russians attack

Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Mykolayiv issued an air raid warning on Friday after the authorities reported fighting around the city as Russian forces sought to advance.

Reuters

Russian troops enter Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv - local authorities

Russian troops have entered the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Mykolayiv for the first time, regional authorities said on Friday.

Reuters

Countries seek UN meeting over shipping dangers after Ukraine invasion

Over 15 countries have called for a special meeting with the UN's shipping agency to discuss the safety of ships and their crews sailing through the Black Sea and Sea of Azov after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and growing dangers to vessels.

Reuters

Two Cargo Ships Hit by Blasts Around Ukraine, One Killed

An Estonian-owned cargo ship sank on Thursday off Ukraine's major Black Sea port of Odessa, hours after a Bangladeshi vessel was hit by a missile or bomb at a port east of Odessa, underlining the growing peril to merchant shipping after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Many shipping firms have suspended…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘This town will starve if nothing comes’: Life in Russian-occupied Kherson

The Russian military has claimed control of the Black Sea port though Ukrainian flags still fly above local government buildings.

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Romanian fighter jet crash - 8 killed as helicopter goes in search of missing plane

A Romanian fighter jet and a helicopter crashed in poor weather conditions with eight people killed in two separate incidents near the Black Sea. The Romanian president has sent his condolences

Reuters

Two cargo ships hit by blasts around Ukraine, one seafarer killed

Los Angeles Times

Russia captures Ukrainian port city, faces world censure as attacks intensify

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces Wednesday intensified a wide-ranging offensive targeting key Ukrainian cities, menacing the capital, Kyiv, with a miles-long military convoy, launching deadly strikes on the second-largest city, Kharkiv, and seizing a strategic Black Sea port city with tanks and troops.

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Talks spur deal on humanitarian corridors

Ukraine-Russia news from March 3: Kyiv and Moscow agree on plan for safe corridors to evacuate civilians.

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Al Jazeera

Russia intensifies attacks on key Ukrainian cities

Ukrainian authorities reject Russia’s claim it captured the Black Sea port of Kherson, as Mariupol comes under siege.

Los Angeles Times

Kyiv’s defenders vow to fight as Russian forces close in on major cities

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces Wednesday pressed ahead with a wide-ranging but slow-moving offensive targeting key Ukrainian cities, menacing the capital of Kyiv with a miles-long military convoy, launching deadly strikes on the second-largest city of Kharkiv and apparently breaching a strategic Black Sea port city with tanks and troops.

Los Angeles Times

Facing growing world censure over Ukraine, Russia intensifies attacks

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces Wednesday intensified a wide-ranging offensive targeting key Ukrainian cities, menacing the capital of Kyiv with a miles-long military convoy, launching deadly strikes on the second-largest city of Kharkiv and apparently breaching a strategic Black Sea port city with tanks and troops.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv under ‘mass shelling and bombing’

Russian forces said they had captured a port on the Black Sea on Wednesday as Russian and Ukrainian troops battled for another city and Ukraine's leader said Moscow wanted to "erase" his country.

Al Jazeera

Russia cancelled Black Sea passage bid of four warships: Turkey

Cavusoglu says request to pass ships through Turkish straits was withdrawn on Ankara’s objection on February 27-28.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Aims to Erase Us, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Says on Day 7 of War

Russia is aiming to erase Ukraine, its history and people, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video on Wednesday as the seventh day of Moscow's invasion of its neighbor started with heavy shelling of the Black Sea port of Mariupol. Moscow switched to strikes on Ukrainian cities on Tuesday and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Says Russia Cancelled Black Sea Passage Bid

Russia cancelled a bid to send four of its warships through Turkish waters into the Black Sea at Turkey's request, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, adding the decision was made before Ankara closed the straits over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. NATO ally Turkey borders Ukraine and Russia in the Black…

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