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The Latest Breaking News from the Black Sea

Erdogan visits Putin in Russia’s Sochi in bid to revive Ukraine grain deal

Putin says the deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain will not be restored until the West lifts embargo on Russia.

Al Jazeera

More cargo ships from Ukraine use a civilian corridor despite Russian threats

Two cargo vessels have left Ukraine despite Russian threats and are in the Black Sea, maritime officials said Saturday

The Independent UK

Odesa beaches reopen, offering Ukrainians a respite from war

Beaches on the Black Sea that closed after Russia's invasion have reopened. People say swimming and sunbathing are ways to find a taste of normal life, even while under threat from Moscow.

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US concerned that arms negotiations between Russia and North Korea ‘actively advancing’ – as it happened

Sergei Shoigu, Russian defence minister, has recently travelled to North Korea to try to convince them to sell ammunition, says White House

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 553 of the invasion

Two dead in Kyiv following ‘most powerful’ barrage since the spring; six regions of Russia targeted by drones; ‘Farewell ceremony’ for Prigozhin

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death confirmed by Russian investigators – as it happened

Genetic testing confirms identities of 10 people killed in plane crash including Wagner mercenary group boss, says Russia’s investigation committee

The Guardian - AU

Fifteen years after the war in Georgia, the dilemmas of the European Union in the South Caucasus

Fifteen years ago this month, while all eyes were set on Beijing for the opening of the 29th Olympic Games of the modern era, war broke out between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia. Officially part of Georgia since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, it…

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Russia scrambles jets to intercept two drones over Black Sea, Moscow says

Russia's air force scrambled two jets to force two drones to stop reconnaissance near the Crimean peninsula, the Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday. The news came after Russia said one of its jets had “destroyed” a Ukrainian reconnaissance boat near a gas production facility in the Black Sea. Read…

France 24

Neighbors Ukraine and Romania sign accord to boost Kyiv's grain exports through Romanian territory

Ukraine and neighboring Romania have signed an agreement to work together to boost Kyiv’s export of grain through Romania borders after Moscow broke off a key wartime shipping agreement that allowed safe passage through the Black Sea

The Independent UK

Almost 500,000 troops killed or injured so far in Ukraine war, US officials say – as it happened

Russia’s military casualties are approaching 300,000, a US official said

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine and Romania sign accord to cooperate on grain exports

Ukraine and neighbouring Romania signed an agreement Friday to work together to boost Kyiv’s export of grain through Romania after Moscow broke off a key wartime shipping agreement that allowed safe passage through the Black Sea. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris…

France 24

Second Temple-era Synagogue Unearthed In The Black Sea Region

Researchers from the Russian Academy of Science concluded that the synagogue operated from at least the early first century C.E

Zenger

Ukraine war: drones are changing the conflict – both on the frontline and beyond

As Kyiv’s counteroffensive to liberate Russian-occupied territories slowly advances in Ukraine’s east, the drone war continues to escalate. Beyond the symbolic value of high-profile strikes against targets in Moscow, deep in the Russian heartland, and Novorossiysk, a key Russian port and export hub on the eastern shores of the Black…

The Conversation

Russia hits Ukrainian grain depots again as a foreign ship tries out Kyiv's new Black Sea corridor

Officials say Russia has resumed its targeting of grain infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, using drones in overnight strikes on storage facilities and ports along the Danube River

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As the Black Sea becomes a battleground, one Ukrainian farmer doesn’t know how he'll sell his grain

Ukrainian farmer Victor Tsvik has harvested his wheat this month but exorbitant logistics costs and Russia’s blockade of the ports has made shipping grain too expensive for him

France 24

Zelensky visits troops as Ukraine recaptures frontline territory near Bakhmut

Ukraine’s deputy defence minister said Monday that the Ukrainian military pushed Russian forces out of pockets of territory along front lines in the east and south of the country. The news came as President Volodymyr Zelensky paid a visit to troops near the eastern front. Follow our live blog for…

Evening Standard

Russia fires warning shots at cargo ship which ‘failed to stop’ in the Black Sea

The ship destined for a port in Ukraine was eventually searched after shots were fired

The Independent UK

Russia fires warning shots at ‘Ukraine-bound’ international cargo ship in Black Sea

Russian warship also scrambled a helicopter to inspect the cargo vessel

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The Guardian - UK

Citizen Sleeper 2: learning to live on the edge of a corporate war

Like sea mines washing up on the beaches of the Black Sea, the consequences of someone else’s war keep arriving in the lives of this science-fiction game’s characters

Barchart

Sunday Scaries: What I'm Watching This Week In Agriculture

The Black Sea situation escalates to a whole new level. China announces stimulus measures that don't appear to stimulate imports and more...

The Independent UK

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker near Crimea in the second sea attack in a day

Ukrainian drones have hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea, according to Russian officials

France 24

Deadly Russian strike hits blood transfusion centre, says Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Saturday said Russian forces struck a blood transfusion centre in northeast Ukraine. The news came shortly after a Russian missile attack reportedly hit an aeronautics manufacturing facility in western Ukraine. Earlier, Ukrainian drones in the Kerch Strait hit a Russian tanker, briefly halting traffic on the…

France 24

Russia says it thwarted Ukraine drone attack on Black Sea port of Novorossiysk

Russia's defence ministry said early on Friday that it had thwarted an overnight drone attack by Ukraine on Novorossiysk, a Russian naval base on the Black Sea. A Ukrainian intelligence official told Reuters that a Russian vessel was damaged in the attack, although the regional governor had earlier stated that…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv claims to have put a Russian Black Sea ship out of action – as it happened

Moscow has confirmed Ukrainian sea drones attacked a navy base near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk

The Independent UK

US challenges world to tell Russia to stop using Ukrainian grain as `blackmail'

U_S_ Secretary of State Antony Blinken is challenging all countries to tell Russia to stop using the Black Sea and Ukraine’s grain as “blackmail” and stop treating the world’s hungry and vulnerable people as leverage in its “unconscionable war.”

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