The crew’s mission was to defend the waters off Odesa, Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port city, and keep them safe for commercial traffic. It has been grueling work — clearing Russian mines by ...

He said that security in the Black Sea for Ukraine did not just involve the port city Odesa—but also the security of the ports of Kherson and Mykolaiv which are blocked by Russian mines.

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, both countries placed hundreds of mines throughout the Black Sea, mostly to deter coastal attacks. Those explosive now pose a threat to ...

Russia has linked the Black Sea cease-fire deal to the lifting of Western sanctions on Russian banks and agricultural exports, conditions that are not explicitly stated in the White House version ...

After weeks of high-level talks punctuated by frequent stops and starts, Russia and Ukraine have given the strongest signal yet they are willing to lay down ... over the Black Sea after its ...

US and Russian statements laying out a framework for limiting military actions in the Black Sea were widely welcomed as a step to wider cease-fire in the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine: Both Moscow ...

Amfitriti, a bulk carrier part of Black Sea grain deal, and other commercial vessels wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi in Istanbul 33,658 people played the daily ...

ANKARA, April 13 (Xinhua) -- A high-level meeting focused on Black Sea security ... the threat of drifting sea mines that emerged following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The White House says Russia ... lay down arms – even if only in part. The White House says it has brokered an agreement between the two countries to halt military activity over the Black Sea ...