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 ...

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 ...

He said 30,000 birds have died since December 2024 following an oil spill caused by two Russian tankers in the Black Sea ... from the air, mines and sonar are harming sea life.

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 said last month that both sides had agreed to ensure safe navigation and to eschew the use of force in the Black Sea ... to Russian ships. No one knows how many mines now infest ...

European countries bordering Russia are taking steps to leave a key land ... take decades and billions of dollars to neutralize them. Naval mines have also been deployed in the Black Sea, which offer ...

Brave1, a Ukrainian government operation that pushes innovation within the defense industry, said fiber-optic controlled systems are in high demand.

Before we get into the agreement, here’s a little reminder of why the Black Sea is important. At the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia blocked ... ports, mines, oil and gas, and ...

Sweden joined NATO in March 2024, abandoning decades of neutrality in response to Russia's invasion ... as well as lay mines. Horrell called them perfect for a sea with "smaller inlets, small ...