UK expands sanctions over Kerch Bridge
The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on two individuals and four legal entities involved in building the Kerch Bridge linking russian and the occupied Crimea....
russia’s ‘inspections’ cost $45 million to shippers
russia has detained 2,249 ships since Kerch Strait naval clash of November 2018, Andriy Klimenko, editor in chief of the BlackSeaNews portal. With each detention for...
Ukraine Seizes russian Tanker Over Kerch Incident
Ukrainian security services [SBU] said they had detained a russian oil tanker in the Ukrainian port of Izmail. The SBU said that the tanker had...
PACE recognizes captured Ukrainian sailors as prisoners of war
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has officially demanded that russia treat Ukrainian sailors captured in the Kerch Strait in accordance with...
russian ships’ access to EU ports may be restricted
Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin says his European Union counterparts will in February and March discuss new sanctions against russia over an attack...
All Ukrainian sailors captured by russia declare themselves prisoners of war
All 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by russia near the Kerch Strait in the Black Sea on November 25 have declared themselves to be prisoners of...