Updated: Russian missile strikes near Ukraine’s Odesa kill 21
Updated: 8.40am, 2nd July, 2021 (AEST)Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia flattened part of an apartment building while residents slept on Friday in missile attacks near Ukraine’s port of Odesa that authorities said killed at least 21 people, hours after Russian troops abandoned the Black Sea outpost of Snake Island. Residents in the resort village of Serhiivka […]
Russia abandons Black Sea outpost of Snake Island in victory for Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports. Russia said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop off Ukraine’s south-western coast as a “gesture of goodwill” to show Moscow was not […]
Explainer – UN plan to get Ukraine grains out faces hurdles
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Turkey said on Wednesday a United Nations plan to set up a sea corridor for Ukrainian grain exports overseen by Ankara was “reasonable”, but required more talks with Moscow and Kyiv to ensure ships would be safe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February halted Kyiv’s Black Sea grain exports, threatening a global food […]
Russian warship sinks in Black Sea after explosion, Russian defence ministry says
Kyiv/Lviv, Ukraine Reuters Russia’s lead warship in the Black Sea sank on Thursday, Russia’s defence ministry announced, after what Ukraine said was a missile strike and Russia described as an explosion of ammunition on board. The loss of the Moskva, the flagship in Russia’s Black Sea fleet, occurred as it was being towed to port […]
As Ukraine evacuates trapped seafarers, foreign mariners count cost of war
London, UK/Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters Bangladeshi seafarer Asiful Islam recalls the moment when a missile struck his cargo ship last week off the Ukrainian port of Olvia, killing his crew mate. “I was just 15 feet away when it hit our ship. Our third engineer, Hadisur Rahman, who was killed, was standing just two feet away,” […]
At least 44 killed in Turkey flood as search for missing continues
Bozkurt Turkey Reuters Families of those missing after Turkey’s worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings on Saturday, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further. At least 44 people have died from the floods in the northern Black Sea region, the second natural disaster to strike the country […]
Essay: HMS Defender incident – what the law of the sea says
In an article first published on The Conversation, ANDREW SERDY, professor of the public international law of the sea at the University of Southampton, looks at this week’s tense encounter between a British warship and Russian ships and planes off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula…