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Ukraine's Mariupol under heavy shelling, Kherson surrounded - officials

Ukraine's south-eastern port of Mariupol was under constant shelling from Russia and unable to evacuate the injured while Kherson, on the Black Sea to the west, was completely surrounded by invading forces, Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Turkey says Russia cancelled Black Sea passage bid upon its request

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.

Reuters

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 neighbour started with heavy shelling of the Black Sea port of Mariupol.

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Latest Ukraine updates: UNGA votes to demand Russian withdrawal

Russia-Ukraine news from March 2: UN General Assembly resolution condemns Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Fears mount over Black Sea crops

The stoppage of grain exports out of Ukraine was confirmed on Monday as the country said all ports will be closed until the end of the Russian invasion, though there is a chance that supplies for the next season out of both Ukraine and Russia could also be in jeopardy…

Bangkok Post

What the Montreux Convention is, and what it means for the Ukraine war

As bad as the Ukraine war is so far, an international agreement signed in 1936 is preventing it from getting even worse.

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Turkey Urges Respect for Black Sea Straits Pact after Closing Access

Turkey is calling on all sides in the Ukraine crisis to respect an international pact on passage through the Turkish straits to the Black Sea, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was cited as saying on Tuesday after Ankara closed access. NATO ally Turkey borders Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea…

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Turkey urges respect for Black Sea straits pact after closing access

Turkey is calling on all sides in the Ukraine crisis to respect an international pact on passage through the Turkish straits to the Black Sea, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was cited as saying on Tuesday after Ankara closed access.

Reuters

Palm oil becomes costliest vegoil as Ukraine war halts sunoil supply

MUMBAI:- Palm oil has become the costliest among the four major edible oils for the first time as buyers rush to secure replacements for sunflower oil shipments from the top exporting Black Sea region that were disrupted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

Turkey warns against passing of warships from its straits

Ankara says it is implementing a 1936 pact on naval passage between Mediterranean and Black Sea during war times.

Al Jazeera

Turkey warns countries not to pass warships through straits

Turkey has warned both Black Sea and non-Black Sea countries not to pass warships through its Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was reported as saying on Monday.

Reuters

Turkey Moves to Restrict Entrance to Black Sea

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted on Monday his country “won’t give up” on its relations with either Russia or Ukraine, but says it will implement an international convention that allows Turkey to shut down the straits at the entrance of the Black Sea to the warships of “belligerent countries.”…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chaos in commodities as Russia’s war on Ukraine upends trade

The turmoil unleashed in commodity markets by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine worsened on Monday as LNG orders were paused, finance for trade in raw materials dried up and Black Sea wheat sales froze.

Tribune News Service

Snake Island sailors who told warship 'go f*** yourself' ALIVE and taken prisoner

The group of 13 on Snake Island in the Black Sea were believed dead after confronting a Russian warship, but the Ukrainian Navy has said in a statement they are alive

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Russian warships curb tilts Turkey to West, risks Russia's ire

Turkey's pledge to block some Russian warships from passing through its waters to the Black Sea during the Ukraine crisis could help repair its ties with NATO, even as it risks reprisals from Moscow.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Calls for Humanitarian Truce to Evacuate Civilians from Ukraine

Turkey on Sunday requested from Russia and Ukraine a humanitarian truce that would allow Ankara and other countries to evacuate their citizens from Ukrainian combat zones. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke by phone Sunday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba on the latest developments in…

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Ukrainian border guards could still be alive after Russian attack on Snake Island, authorities say, amid conflicting accounts

Ukranian border guards thought to have been killed while defending a tiny island in the Black Sea from Russian troops may still be alive, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine says.

The Guardian - UK

Putin signals escalation as he puts Russia’s nuclear force on high alert

Deterrence order given as Zelenskiy says Ukraine delegation will meet Russian officials at Belarus border

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Daily Record

Ukraine island guards who told Russian warship ‘go f*** yourself’ might be alive

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said the gallant soldiers on Snake Island in the Black Sea had all been killed by Russain forces but it is hoped he was incorrect.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey, Overseeing Passage to Black Sea, Calls Russian Invasion ‘War’

Turkey called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "war" on Sunday in a rhetorical shift that could pave the way for the NATO member nation to enact an international pact limiting Russian naval passage to the Black Sea. Under the 1936 Montreux Convention, Turkey has control over the Dardanelles and Bosphorus…

Reuters

Turkey, overseeing passage to Black Sea, calls Russian invasion 'war'

Daily Mirror

Ukraine border guards who told Russian warship 'go f*** yourself' might be alive

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said the brave troops on Snake Island in the Black Sea had all been killed by Vladimir Putin's forces but it is hoped he was wrong

ABC News

Ukraine claims victory in Kharkiv as Kyiv's Mayor says no Russians are in the city: As it happened

Ukraine claims a victory in Kharkiv after heavy clashes, while in Kyiv the city's Mayor says there are no Russian troops as a curfew continues.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Has Not Notified Russia of Straits Closure

Russia has received no official notification from Turkey on the closure of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian warships, the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian embassy in Turkey as saying. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said earlier that Turkey had made such a move. Turkey, which controls the straits…

The Guardian - UK

Kyiv piles pressure on Ankara to close straits to Russia’s warships

Blocking Russian fleet from Black Sea would be a blow to Putin’s ability to support troops in Ukraine

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