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‘Blue Roads’ identified in Black Sea for diving tourism
Within the scope of the “Ordu to Hopa Blue Road Project” carried out in five provinces in the Eastern Black Sea region, 43 points suitable for
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Third time lucky for Georgia’s deep sea port project?
Georgia is seeking to capitalise on an increased interest in Middle Corridor trade, and its government has announced plans to resurrect a deep sea
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Pentagon: Russia Unlikely to Recover Anything Helpful From Downed Drone
MQ-9 Reaper UAV. US Air Force Photo It’s unlikely Russia will recover anything useful from a downed U.S. drone, the Pentagon press secretary said
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Russian Su-27 Flanker Collides With U.S. MQ-9 Reaper Over The Black Sea
The Russian aircraft struck the RPA’s propeller forcing the U.S. to bring the Reaper down in international waters. A Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter
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UPDATED: U.S. MQ-9 Drone Crashes in Black Sea After Encounter with Russian Fighters
MQ-9 Reaper UAV. US Air Force Photo This story has been updated to add comments from Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder and Marine Corps
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Russia, Ukraine in Black Sea Stalemate a Year Into Russo-Ukraine Conflict
RTS Moskva (121) following an April 13, 2022 strike from Ukrainian missiles. Russian MoD When Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, the Black Sea was
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U.K. MoD: Russian Anti-Ship Missile Used in Fatal Attack on Civilians in Ukraine, Killing 40
AS-4 Kitchen Missile flown by a Tupolev Tu-22M bomber Russian military likely used an anti-ship missile in the attack on Dnipro, which killed 40
Higher Prices Expected: Black Sea Shipping Rates Skyrocket 20%
Shipping rates in the Black Sea have risen by 20% since the start of the year and mainstream media is blaming the “war risk” insurance premiums
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Top Stories 2022: War in Ukraine
Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles. Ukraine MoD Photo This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2022. It has been
Solar aid in dark times
With Russia intent on destroying Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, a network of NGOs is taking up the challenge to donate small and mobile energy
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Potemkin Pillages: Putin As Cultural Grave-Robber
During the invasion of Ukraine, many things have been stolen back across the border to Russia: weapons, vehicles, cash, artworks, consumer items …
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Black Sea Grain Deal Extended by Another Four Months
Wheat fields in midsummer in Ukraine, Oblast Lviv in 2012. Raimond Spekking Photo A Turkey-United Nations brokered deal to allow for Ukraine grain
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Ukraine Launches Crowd Funding Drive for $250K Naval Drones
Screenshot from United24 website. Ukraine has put out an international call to crowd-fund a fleet of 100 domestically built sea drones like the ones
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All at sea
Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, passenger ferry services between the five countries of the Black Sea were few and far between. A possible new
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Pentagon Adds 40 Armored Patrol Boats to Latest Ukraine Military Aid Package
A patrol boat assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron Two (CRS 2) escorts a ship in 2014. US Navy Photo The United States will send 40 armored riverine