Russia has again struck Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, damaging Turkish-owned civilian vessels in attacks on Odesa and Chornomorsk, Ukrainian officials said. The strikes targeted key commercial hubs vital to food exports,

The Turkish maritime authority reports a tanker carrying sunflower oil from Russia to Georgia was attacked in the Black Sea

Insurance rates for ships calling at ports in the Black Sea are surging after a series of Ukrainian attacks on vessels with links to Moscow.

Addressing Turkish diplomats, Erdogan suggested such attacks are detrimental to both sides of the Russo–Ukrainian war. “By strictly adhering to the Montreux Convention [1936 treaty giving Turkey control over passage of warships through the Dardanelles],

Bulgarian maritime authorities have launched efforts to evacuate the crew of the oil tanker Kairos, stranded off the Black Sea port of Ahtopol

A fourth Russia-connected tanker in under a week was attacked on Tuesday, a sharp uptick in strikes on Moscow-associated shipping as the war in Ukraine nears a fifth year.

Far below the surface of the Black Sea, microscopic communities are quietly intercepting one of the planet’s most potent greenhouse gases before it can escape into the air. Instead of acting as a major source of nitrous oxide,