Black Sea

Naftogaz looks for partners to develop Black Sea gas field

Ukraine’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz is negotiating with Romania’s OMV Petrom to jointly develop a gas field on the Black Sea shelf, Reuters reported on March 16.

17 March, 02:48 AM

Russian Ka-27 helicopter downed over Black Sea — video

The Ukrainian Navy and the Special Operations Forces attacked Russian military assets at an offshore drilling platform near Crimea, shooting down a Ka-27 helicopter, as seen in a video published on March 5.

6 March, 02:38 AM

Ukraine downs Russian Ka-27 helicopter over the Black Sea

Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Ka-27 multipurpose helicopter over the Black Sea, Ukraine’s Navy said on March 5.

5 March, 02:50 PM

Russian drones strike Panama-flagged civilian vessel leaving port in Odesa Oblast

Russian drones struck a civilian vessel carrying corn as it was leaving a Black Sea port in Odesa Oblast, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on March 4.

5 March, 11:56 AM

Satellite images confirm damage to Russian frigate in Novorossiysk drone strike

Satellite imagery indicates the March 2 Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Novorossiysk damaged the Admiral Essen frigate, destroying its midship superstructure and damaging radar and EW modules, OSINT (open-source intelligence) project CyberBorshno reported on March 4.

4 March, 11:30 PM

U.S. complained after Ukraine struck Russian Black Sea port in 2025

Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Olha Stefanishyna received a demarche from the U.S. State Department in November 2025, after a Ukrainian drone strike targeted Russia’s Novorossiysk Black Sea port, Stefanishyna said on Feb. 24.

24 February, 11:28 PM

Ukraine readies drilling at Black Sea gas field

Ukraine’s state energy company Naftogaz has completed the necessary 3D seismic survey data for the Dolphin gas field in the Black Sea and is ready to begin preparations for drilling, the company’s chairman Serhiy Koretsky said during a panel discussion at the Ukrainian House in Davos on Jan. 20, according to Ukrinform.

21 January, 10:54 AM

Storm season to hinder Russian missile launches from sea

Russia will struggle to launch missiles at Ukraine from the sea until spring due to the storm season in the Black and Azov seas, Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said on the national United News telethon on Jan. 19.

19 January, 04:18 PM

Russian drone hits Panama-flagged ship in Black Sea

A Russian drone struck a Panama-flagged tanker vessel in the Black Sea, injuring one crew member, Minister for Development Oleksii Kuleba said on Jan. 12.

12 January, 08:29 PM

Intelligence medics conduct unique open-sea operation to save gravely wounded fighter

Ukrainian Defense Intelligence medics performed a unique operation in open-sea conditions to save a wounded serviceman, team specialist with the call sign Tochini said, the agency reported on Telegram on Jan. 3.

3 January, 02:54 PM

Russian oil tankers reroute via Türkiye after Black Sea drone attacks

Drone strikes on Russian oil tankers have forced vessels from the Kremlin’s so-called “shadow fleet” to alter their routes in the Black Sea, steering closer to Türkiye’s coastline after departing from or heading to Russia’s Novorossiysk port, The Insider reported on Dec. 19.

19 December 2025, 07:28 PM

Ankara calls for naval de-escalation in Black Sea

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Russia and Ukraine to stop attacking commercial and civilian vessels after a series of strikes damaged cargo ships and oil tankers in the Black Sea in recent weeks, Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah reported on Dec. 16.

16 December 2025, 08:06 PM

Partisans scout key Black Sea Fleet logistics hub in Sevastopol – Atesh

Partisans carried out reconnaissance of a key logistics facility of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the occupied city of Sevastopol, the Atesh partisan movement said on Dec. 14.

14 December 2025, 10:15 AM

Ukraine warns Turkey of Russian ship carrying stolen grain

Kyiv has notified the Turkish government of a cargo ship sailing across the Black Sea, carrying 6,000 tons of grain stolen from occupied Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said on Dec. 8.

8 December 2025, 11:38 PM

Kyiv: Russia staged tanker attack to derail peace efforts

An attack on the Russian tanker Midvolga 2 in the Black Sea appears to be a staged provocation intended to undermine ongoing peace efforts, Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said on national television on Dec. 4.

4 December 2025, 09:14 AM

Putin justifies future grabs of Ukraine’s south — ISW

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is likely creating information conditions to justify potential seizure of Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts — even though Russia now has no capability to do so, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Dec. 2.

3 December 2025, 12:33 PM

Putin threatens expanded strikes on Ukrainian ports

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has threatened to expand strikes on Ukrainian ports and the vessels that dock there after a series of attacks on Moscow’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea.

2 December 2025, 10:19 PM

Russian tanker Midvolga 2 reportedly hit by drone 80 miles off Yalta - photos

Photos, allegedly showing the aftermath of an attack on the Russian tanker Midvolga 2 in the Black Sea, have appeared online on the pro-Kremlin Telegram channel Mash on Dec. 2.

2 December 2025, 02:15 PM

Turkey uneasy about Ukraine attacking Russian oil tankers in Black Sea

The recent attacks on oil tankers believed to be part of Russia’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet” represent a “disturbing escalation” that threatens maritime security in the Black Sea, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Dec. 1.

1 December 2025, 11:58 PM

Turkey cuts Russian crude imports—report

Turkey sharply cut its imports of Russian Urals crude oil in November as new U.S. sanctions on Moscow narrowed its supply options, Reuters reported on Dec. 1.

1 December 2025, 09:54 PM

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