When Russia stole Crimea— with most of Ukraine's navy —Kyiv made the weapons with 200-to-1 combat ratio, crippling Assad's supply lines and turning the Black Sea into a graveyard for Putin's most elite force.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says three recent Russian attacks damaged power infrastructure in Mykolaiv and Kherson. Russia has also breached a separate maritime truce in the Black Sea.
Russia and Ukraine exchanged accusations of ceasefire violations, while Moscow rejected Trump’s suggestion of US control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
Ukrainian special forces, missiles, and drones have given Kyiv control of Black Sea shipping lanes, prompting Moscow to seek a diplomatic resolution to a lost battle.
The US and Russia are set to release a statement on a Black Sea ceasefire, possibly reviving a grain deal that Ukraine doesn't need, and protecting Russia’s Black Sea fleet.
Two Russian tankers spill 4,000 tons of fuel oil causing $14 billion environmental damage in Black Sea, with contamination spreading to Ukrainian waters.
Remote-controlled vessels that cost less than a luxury car transform naval warfare as Ukraine deploys boats that launch their own fleet of aerial drones.