Ukrainian Navy destroys ammunition depot on Kinburn Spit in Black Sea
The Kinburn Spit, a strategic location in the Black Sea, has been under Russian occupation, making it a key target for Ukrainian military operations.
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Ukrainian Corvette “Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi” launched in Türkiye
In Istanbul, the RMK Marine shipyard hosted the launch of Ukraine's second Ada-class corvette, "Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi" (F-212), attended by prominent Ukrainian officials.
Media: Joint drone operation by Ukraine’s SBU and Navy hits Russian coast guard facilities in occupied Crimea
Suspilne's security sources report that military activity in occupied Crimea's Lake Donuzlav was a Security Service's operations against a Russian coast guard base, resulting in damaging the command center, ammunition depot, and power station, disrupting planned Russian exercises.
Ukraine implements new Maritime Security Strategy to boost naval defenses
Ukraine's Maritime Security Strategy, enacted by President Zelenskyy, aims to boost naval capabilities, reclaim occupied territories, and ensure maritime sovereignty.
Ukrainian Navy destroys WWII-era naval mine in Black Sea
Ukrainian Navy divers identified and safely detonated a WWII-era 1908/1939 naval anchor mine in the Black Sea's northwestern shipping channel.
Ukraine may have sunk Russian ship with US ATACMS missiles
Ukraine's potential acquisition of advanced US ATACMS rockets with 470-pound warheads may have allowed it to sink a Russian warship in Crimea.
UK-donated Ukrainian Navy minehunters to operate from base in England
Two former UK Royal Navy minehunters, now serving with the Ukrainian Navy and renamed Cherkasy and Chernihiv, will be based in England's Portsmouth as they prepare for exercises with the Royal Navy, after Türkiye blocked their passage to the Black Sea back in January.
Commander: Ukraine would win faster if allowed to hit Russia with Western weapons
Ukraine's navy commander, Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, told Sky News that the war course would have been very different had Ukrainian forces been allowed to use Western munitions without restrictions from the very beginning. He also named two main objectives of Ukrainian operations in the Black Sea.
Turkey blocks UK minehunters for Ukraine, citing 1936 Montreux pact
Citing an international pact, NATO member Turkey has blocked the passage of two British Royal Navy minesweepers through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits en route to Ukraine for its war operations against Russia.
UK and Norway create new maritime coalition for Ukraine
A coalition will provide ships and other naval aid which aims to boost Ukraine’s security in the Black Sea region.
Ukrainian Navy: 15 Russian warships destroyed, 12 damaged
Russian capabilities in the Black Sea have recently been significantly reduced due to Ukrainian forces' military operations, Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said.
Official: Russian ships pushed back 185 km from Ukrainian coast
Russian warships are not sailing beyond Crimea's cape Tarkhankut, spokesman of Ukraine's southern military command said.
Joint mission returns two Ukrainian soldiers from Russian-occupied territory
Two servicemen from Ukraine's airborne assault troops were injured and cut off from Ukrainian lines early in Russia's full-scale invasion.
Back in business: Ukrainian Bayraktar destroyed Russian patrol boat (VIDEO)
After a long pause, Ukraine's Defense Forces released a video of the combat use of the Baykar Bayraktar TB2 UCAV, showing the destruction of a Russian patrol boat.
Ukraine establishing “naval coalition” as UK, Netherlands join it – Ukrainian Defense Minister
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov says that Ukraine will develop its fleet, and currently, three countries have joined…
Ukrainian volunteer raises more than USD 1 mn to buy naval drones
Volunteer Ihor Lachenkov and his subscribers raised more than $1 mn to buy four sea drones via United24…
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…
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”…
Ukraine’s new naval doctrine: a revision of the mosquito fleet strategy or bureaucratic inconsistency?
In November 2018, Kyiv adopted the “Strategy of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Until 2035” (Navy.mil.gov.ua, January 1,…
Russia effectively seizes control of Sea of Azov, threatening Ukraine
Moscow’s justification for what it has done is that it is planning naval exercises in the region and…