Latest "Black Sea" stories

Sea Breeze players wrap up Black Sea drill, first series since war

The event, which took place Sept. 11-15, saw the United States, Bulgaria, France, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom perform naval drills.

By Tayfun Ozberk

4 days ago

In this photo provided by the Odesa Regional Administration Press Office, a granary destroyed in a Russian drone attack at night is seen in a Danube port near Odesa, Ukraine, early hours Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023.

Russia hits Ukrainian grain depots again

Kyiv has increasingly used those terminals for grain transport to Europe after Moscow broke off a key wartime export deal through the Black Sea.

By Hanna Arhirova and Susie Blann, Associated Press

5 weeks ago

NATO, US forces join Romania-led Black Sea military drills

The sea and air exercises involve 3,400 military personnel from 12 NATO member countries and some partner nations.

6 months ago

US, Russia ratchet up their rhetoric over downing of drone

The Kremlin said Moscow would try to recover the wreckage of the drone from the Black Sea.

6 months ago

US holds fire on reports of Turkey’s second S-400 shipment

The U.S. warned against further engagement with Russia’s defense sector amid reports Turkey will move forward with a second S-400 batch.

By Bryant Harris, Joe Gould and Burak Ege Bekdil

13 months ago

Moscow won’t invade Ukraine — unless provoked: Russian envoy

Russia has cast its weight behind a separatist insurgency in Ukraine’s east that erupted shortly after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and has caused more than 14,000 deaths.

By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press

23 months ago