Russian Black Sea attacks, low Danube waters push EU to seek alternative routes for Ukrainian grain exports
Ukraine’s two main wartime export outlets are under pressure at once, threatening farm revenue as global crop prices climb.
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“In intercepts, they’re screaming”: Russia occupied this spit to control Ukraine’s ports. Military says it has now isolated 2,500-strong grouping and destroyed all its artillery
Drone strikes and remote mining have cut supply, the Ukrainian soldiers say.
Sofia gets seven minehunters from Belgium and the Netherlands for a sea Russia mined
Parliament signed off on two separate agreements this week, one a purchase and one a transfer, with the Dutch side restoring part of the fleet before it changes hands.
Moldova is investing in air defense against the Russian drones crossing from Ukraine—Romania shoots down the ones that reach it
Allied fighters over the neighboring NATO member have destroyed intruding drones repeatedly this year, while the neutral country in between can track them crossing but not shoot them down.
No GPS, no landmarks—how Ukraine’s drones hunt Russian spy drones far out over the Black Sea
Winged hunters that outlast copters push Russia's spotter drones farther offshore—and those spotters double as the relays that let crews steer Shahed swarms by hand.
Romania destroys a sea drone and finds aerial drone debris on its soil amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine
Both incidents occurred during the same overnight barrage that also triggered air defense activations in Poland and Moldova.
Greek-run tanker carrying Russian oil hit off Russia’s Black Sea coast, Bloomberg reports
The ship’s manager reported no injuries or pollution. It was the first attack on a vessel calling at the CPC terminal in nearly three weeks.
Russian drone attacks on Ukraine’s Danube ports hit recent high, Romania says
Drone debris reached Romania as Ukraine sought safer grain routes and Bucharest prepared cheaper defenses against low-flying incursions.
Russia’s latest strike on Ukraine’s most important trade route: Togo-flagged civilian ship hit in Odesa
A Russian strike on Odesa Oblast port infrastructure damaged a civilian vessel and injured four people, three of them hospitalized.
More than 100 drones detected near Romania in four days, NATO jets scrambled seven times
The latest figures underscore how Russia’s drone war is increasingly reaching NATO’s eastern flank, with Romania already forced to destroy several drones this summer.
Reuters: Russia dismisses Black Sea ceasefire idea after Ukraine’s offer
Reuters says Kyiv passed the proposal through a third party after attacks pushed carriers from Odesa and choked routes that move Ukrainian grain.
A 141-meter ship mysteriously “disappeared” in the Black Sea near Novorossiysk, while Russian authorities are keeping the incident under wraps
The vessel may have been carrying military cargo, according to the OSINT project Exilenova+.
Romania found two Russian drones bobbing in its sea—and didn’t wait to ask questions
The military blew up the uncrewed aircraft near its flagship gas field once Kyiv confirmed they weren't Ukrainian.
Twelve kilometers from the war, a drone blast set a Moldovan field alight
Farther south, Bulgaria's defense ministry judged a separate drone that exploded near its gas network to be a Ukrainian decoy that strayed off course.
Russia wanted Novorossiysk to be its main export gateway—Ukraine turned it into a chokepoint
The port handled every fifth ton of Russia's seaborne exports, but a grain-exporters' union now warns the Black Sea corridors could be blocked entirely.
Ukraine’s sea drone that never touched the shore struck two Russian radars in occupied Crimea
The uncrewed boat stayed offshore and released an FPV drone that finished the job, part of an operation Ukraine's spies ran in late July.
An EU candidate’s port received 145 ships from occupied Ukraine in six months
As Tbilisi tilts toward Moscow, a would-be EU member is becoming a gateway for looted grain and goods the EU has sanctioned.
Ukraine hits 201 Russian shadow fleet ships in three weeks. Commander says Crimea’s supply route is now blocked indefinitely
The campaign has run alongside strikes on Crimea's power grid and air defenses, part of a broader effort to make holding the peninsula costlier by the week.
Romania knocks a third Russian drone from its sky in 72 hours
The Sunday intercept happened over the sea near the Danube delta, as Bucharest prepared to lodge a protest with Moscow.
Ten dead as Russia strikes a Turkish-owned bulk carrier off Odesa
Rescuers pulled eight of the 18 people aboard from the burning ship overnight; the pilot brought on to steer it out was among the dead.