Latest news Ukraine Russian Navy in the Black Sea has decreased from 10 to 7 ships today – Ukrainian Armed Forces Navy As of 13:00 on April 23, only 7 Russian Navy ships, including two missile carriers with a total… byOrysia Hrudka
Latest news Ukraine Atypical activity and number of Russian navy ships recorded in Black Sea – OpCommand South Ukrainian defense forces spotted atypical Russian activity in the Black Sea as Russia moved 20 navy ships to… byYuri Zoria
Read More 1 minute read Latest news Ukraine Russia sends Kalibr missile carrier in Black Sea and steps up drone surveillance – Operational Command South A Russian frigate equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles arrived in the Black Sea. Since then, an increased number… byKate Ryabchiy
Read More 2 minute read Latest news Ukraine Sudden increase in Russian navy activity in Black Sea may indicate impending military operation – NavalNews On 22 December, defense analysts saw a sudden change in Russian navy activity in the Black Sea near… byYuri Zoria
Read More 4 minute read Analysis Russian Aggression Dealing with the naval blockade of Ukraine: A diversity of views The issue of Russia’s naval blockade of Ukrainian ports, which severely hampers the export of Ukrainian agricultural commodities,… byThe Jamestown Foundation
Read More 5 minute read Analysis Russian Aggression Missiles and escorts: Unblocking Ukraine’s ports on the Black Sea From the beginning of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war, the Russian Black Sea Fleet moved in to block or… byThe Jamestown Foundation
Read More 2 minute read Analysis China may help Russia’s navy in Azov, Black and Caspian seas by deepening and widening Volga-Don Canal Last week, officials of China’s CCCC Dredging Group met in Astrakhan with representatives of the Russian enterprise responsible… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Russian Aggression Russia cancels scheduled Azov Sea blockade, Black Sea still to be blocked Earlier, on 9 February, Russia issued warnings about its closure of the Black and Azov Seas “for missile… byYuri Zoria
Read More 3 minute read Russian Aggression How Ukraine can prevent an imminent Russian blockade of the Black & Azov Seas Ukraine condemned Russia’s planned blockade of parts of the Black and Azov seas under the pretext of military… byEuromaidan Press Contributor
Read More 4 minute read Crimea Hybrid War Russia rapidly moving landing ships, submarines of Baltic, Northern & Pacific fleets to Black Sea According to the monitoring group, several groups of additional Russian ships entered the Mediterranean sea in late January… byBohdan Ben
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russia Moscow set to claim even more of Arctic on basis of research by Russian Navy Research by Russian naval vessels will allow Moscow to claim even more of the Arctic Ocean as extending… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 4 minute read Crimea Russia’s claims to Ukrainian warship “Donbas” in Kerch Strait pure psy-op, maritime expert says On the evening of 9 December, the Russian FSB announced that the ship of the Ukrainian Navy “Donbas”… byAlya Shandra
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Russia closing off more of Black Sea even as it pulls its land forces back from Ukrainian border Russia may be extending its control over the Black Sea at the very moment Moscow is being praised… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Russia violating international law by closing Kerch Straits to naval vessels until October, Kyiv says The international community has focused on Russia’s buildup of forces on territory adjoining Ukraine, concerned that such a… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Russian Aggression Moscow moving 15 warships from Caspian Sea to waters off Ukraine Moscow is playing up this move as well as the concurrent transfer of armored units from the eastern… byThe Jamestown Foundation
Read More 5 minute read Russia Moscow’s plans for new kind of aircraft carrier unlikely to be realized In late February, TASS reported that Russian designers have come up with “a new class of ship.” The… byThe Jamestown Foundation
Read More 4 minute read International Opinion Moscow worried about Ankara’s plans for canal bypassing Bosporus Strait In early March 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that Ankara would soon call for bids on… byThe Jamestown Foundation
Read More 4 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Ukrainian espionage incident highlights ongoing Russian naval shortcomings Russian-Ukrainian relations, increasingly tense since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, plummeted to a new low after… byThe Jamestown Foundation
Read More 2 minute read International Opinion Russia may get a new aircraft carrier but only one of Soviet design and only in 10 years Now that Vladimir Putin has signaled that he wants Russia to have a new aircraft carrier, officials are… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 11 minute read Crimea Peace to Ukraine Russian Aggression Why Europe’s security depends on a strong response to Russia, immediately This “parallel legal reality” is not limited to Russian missiles which violate the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.… byBohdan Ben