The Latest Breaking News from the Black Sea

Claims drone strike or debris from downed drone has caused fire in oil refinery near Black Sea in Russia

With Russia on the offensive around Avdiivka in the east of Ukraine, most commentators’ attention is once again focused on the battlefield on land. But it’s also crucial to keep a close watch on what is happening in the Black Sea.

‘We have not yet gained full fire control over Crimea and surrounding waters, but we will’

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe bases and secure maritime corridors in the western part of the Black Sea

The Black Sea, which Ukraine needs to export its grain, has been a key battleground in the ongoing war.

Russia said the jets were sent to intercept ‘three air targets’ approaching Russian airspace near the Black Sea

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Moscow of supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas in its war against Israel. This came after the president travelled to Romania for the first time since Russia's invasion to speak to President Klaus Iohannis about artillery and air defence supplies. Read our live…

Drones and missiles keep Russian fleet at bay and supplies and trade flowing at ports

Russia relocates ships from Sevastopol while the UK lauds Kyiv’s ‘functional defeat of the Black Sea Fleet’.

Kyiv has turned the region into a no-go zone for Moscow’s bristling warships

Naval successes ‘every bit as important’ as last year’s counteroffensive, claims UK