President Petro Poroshenko has said that Russia has no right to decide for Ukraine on how it should use the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait. Ukraine will never recognise the occupation…
Russia’s attack on Ukrainian vessels and crews in the Sea of Azov was aimed not only at Ukraine; it was an attempt to test the entire system of Euro-Atlantic security. President of…
A towboat, Parallel, had an accident in the Black Sea after suffering a rupture to the hull 9 miles away from the Tendra Spit, the State Border Service has reported on its website…
Ukraine will introduce a no-fly zone over the Black Sea on 1-4 November for the period of live fire tests of guided rockets. "The testing of guided anti-aircraft rockets will begin…
On 12 October, President Petro Poroshenko enacted the National Security and Defence Council's (NSDC) decision on the protection of Ukraine's interests in the Sea of Azov and the Black…
British Royal Force jets have intercepted Russian bombers over the Black Sea, the Royal Force tweeted on 22 August. "RAF Typhoons based in Romania have been launched in response to…
Russian authorities detained a Ukrainian fishing boat, YMK-0041, registered in Ochakiv, in the Black Sea on 4 May. The crew - five Ukrainian citizens - was taken to Russia-annexed…
Ukraine will challenge in court the imposed by Russia shipping restrictions through the Kerch Straight in connection with the construction of the bridge, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure…
The general cargo ship Anda has capsized and fully sank off Sevastopol, the Russian news agency TASS has reported quoting the Maritime Rescue Subcentre of the Russian Sea and River…
General Vatutin, a Ukrainian river-sea cruise liner has without warning changed course and is now heading for Russia. An Odessa online publication, Dumskaya, said the liner left Kyiv…
The dry cargo ship Geroi Arsenala that headed from the Russian seaport of Azov to Turkey with a cargo of grain, cracked in two and sank in the Black Sea in the area of the Kerch Strait…
Ukraine intends to submit to the International Criminal Court the evidence of the attack on a Ukrainian Navy transporter An-26 over the Odesa gas field in the Black Sea, which was…
An An-26 two-engined turborprop aircraft of the Ukrainian Navy came under fire above the Odesa gas field in the Black Sea at 10.20 a.m. Kyiv time, the Odesa news website Dumskaya…
“I instruct today the Foreign Minister to sign and submit notification about the arbitration under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to Russia,” the President said President…
On 5 September, Russia began the active phase of the Caucasus-2016 military exercise close to Ukrainian border. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry…