The Latest Breaking News from Black Sea

Poisoning of Ukraine spy chief Kyrylo Budanov’s wife, Marianna; Black Sea storm forces Russian fleet back to base and slows down war effort

The storm killed at least 14 people in Russia and Ukraine

Tornadoes have been forecast for the Black Sea region after a storm left more than 2 million people without electricity in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine

Ancient Crimean gold treasures returned to Kyiv Monday after being stuck in a Dutch museum for nine years, where they were on show when Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula in 2014.

A storm in the Black Sea damaged buildings and knocked down power lines, leaving more than half a million people without power in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine, Russian state media and Ukraine's energy ministry said

Increasing numbers of ships are streaming toward Ukraine’s Black Sea ports and heading out loaded with grain, metals and other cargo despite the threat of attack and explosive mines

As the attention of the world centres on the war in Gaza, many commentators believe that the war in Ukraine is becoming a stalemate. To date, Ukraine’s highly anticipated summer counteroffensive has not resulted in any substantial territorial gain, and Russia has not made any progress either.

Turkey's interior minister says severe storms have delayed a search-and-rescue operation for 12 crew members of a cargo ship that sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast

Turkey's interior minister says severe storms have delayed a search-and-rescue operation for 12 crew members of a cargo ship that sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast

Blackouts as Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy systems restart; Ukraine shipping out millions of tonnes of grain via Black Sea corridor

A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian port of Odesa has hit a Liberian-flagged freighter, killing a port worker and wounding another, as well as three citizens of the Philippines, crew members on the ship