Tag: Russia

Russia on Thursday launched a ground and air offensive into Ukraine.

Ambassador Vasyl Bodnar says Kyiv has called on Ankara to close ‘the airspace, Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits’.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine published today on its Facebook page an audio recording of threats against Ukrainian border guards who are on Zmiiny Island.

Ukraine has accused Russia of blocking its access to the sea as Russia prepares for naval exercises next week amid spiralling tension in the region.

A Russian military exercise has been moved further from the Irish coast, after pressure from politicians and fishermen.

Russia plans to hold military drills 240km off Ireland’s coast.

A Russian warship under construction at a shipyard in St. Petersburg caught fire Friday, leaving at least three workers injured.

Given the large-scale accumulation of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine, these actions look very threatening.

Poland’s Border Guard has detained a Russian dry-cargo ship which had suddenly sped towards the Polish coast, and turned out to be led by an inebriated captain.

On October 11, the Arbitration Tribunal in The Hague will begin hearings on the jurisdiction in the case of Ukraine against Russia regarding the seizure of Ukrainian sailors and ships of the Ukrainian Navy in November 2018.

Experts have estimated the amount of damage Ukraine has suffered since Russia occupied Crimea and blocked access to natural resources on the Black Sea shelf.

On August 24, 2021, Ukraine celebrated its 30th Independence Day. In honour of this date, a naval parade took place in Odesa. Odesa is one of those Ukrainian ports where the Ukrainian naval forces were relocated after the occupation of Crimea by Russia.