The Latest Breaking News from Black Sea

‘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.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2022

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

Reuters · Mar 3, 2022

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 · Mar 2, 2022

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.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 2, 2022

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Cavusoglu says request to pass ships through Turkish straits was withdrawn on Ankara’s objection on February 27-28.

Al Jazeera · Mar 2, 2022

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 · Mar 2, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022

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 · Mar 2, 2022

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 · Mar 2, 2022