The Latest Breaking News from Black Sea

Russia: Moskva, flagship of Black Sea fleet, damaged in blast

Russia's Defense Ministry said "ammunition detonated as a result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser."

Axios · Apr 14, 2022

Russia says flagship Moskva cruiser of its Black Sea fleet has sunk

Russia said late on Thursday that the Moskva, the flagship missile cruiser of its Black Sea fleet, sank while being towed back to port. Ukraine said earlier in the day that its forces struck the Moskva in a missile attack but Russia said the vessel was damaged by an explosion…

France 24 · Apr 14, 2022

Ukraine news - live: Zelensky tells Ukrainians to be ‘proud’ of surviving 50 days as Russian flagship sinks

Russia’s Black Sea fleet flagship evacuated after Ukrainian ‘missile strike’

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

Hit Or Missile: Russia Claims To Shoot Down Drone

The Russian MoD said the strike took place off the Crimean coast and was carried out by servicemen of the Black Sea Fleet.

Zenger · Apr 12, 2022

Sea-N Off: Russian Black Sea Frigates Firepower

Kalibr missiles are developed by the Russian Federation. They can be launched from ships and submarines, as well as from aircraft.

Zenger · Apr 11, 2022

Dolphins Bring Joy to Ukrainian Children Fleeing War

A dolphin show has provided some much-needed respite from the horrors of war for several dozen Ukrainians, many of them children, fleeing the heavily bombarded city of Kherson. For an hour or so, the refugees were able to set aside their cares and enjoy the spectacle of the dolphins leaping,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 11, 2022

Turkey Hints at Pressure to Allow NATO Warships Passage into the Black Sea

Turkey on Sunday accused Ukraine, without naming it, of trying to exert pressure on Ankara to make it abandon the Montreux Convention and allow NATO warships to enter the Black Sea. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said he doesn’t rule out that drifting mines appeared in the Black Sea with…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 11, 2022

Putin calls them ‘gnats.’ But war back home strengthens ties of a South Florida community

MIAMI — Ukrainian Olena Doronina and Russian Alexandra Ignatkina huddled over their cellphones to watch videos sent by Doronina’s son and siblings, who are trapped in Kherson, a Black Sea port city in the south of Ukraine occupied by Russian soldiers.

Miami Herald · Apr 10, 2022

Global food prices rise to highest ever levels after Russian invasion

World wheat prices soared by 19.7% in March as war in Ukraine disrupted Black Sea exports, FAO price index reveals

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2022

War in Ukraine: Courage and resilience amid Russian offensive

The war in Ukraine is being waged on many fronts. From Odesa on the Black Sea to Irpin in the north, via Mykolaiv and the capital Kyiv, FRANCE 24's Gwendoline Debono has followed the trail of violence and devastation. Our reporter met fighters joining the war, civilians hiding in underground…

France 24 · Apr 8, 2022