Black Sea

The Odesa region, home to Ukraine’s ports of Reni and Izmail, has recorded 300 air-raid alerts since the start of August

The Black Sea, long a vital artery for global grain, oil, and bulk commodity shipments, has become one of the most dangerous commercial waterways in the world

PROGRESS IV sinks in Romania’s EEZ but President Nicușor Dan said that it was not known what struck it or who was responsible

The President of Ukraine called Thursday's strike one of the most "cynical, calculated, and ​large-scale" of the 4-1/2-year war

Two Romanian F-16 fighter jets were scrambled with orders to fire, one engaged the target using its onboard cannon and destroyed the drone

A suspected Ukrainian drone struck the Greek-managed Suezmax tanker Skiros shortly after the vessel loaded cargo at the CPC terminal near Novorossiysk

Spanish F-18 destroys unidentified drone near Moldova border, while Bulgaria awaits Ukrainian answers over another drone incident

The bloc cut its annual tariff-free import ​quotas by nearly half, while a wide array of imported steel faces an out-of-quota duty of 50%

Despite the heavy reliance of several European countries on CPC blend crude, neither individual EU member states nor EU institutions publicly reacted to the mid-July strikes

The episode highlights ongoing challenges of securing Romania’s large EEZ, particularly around high-value energy assets approaching production

Increased Russian attacks on Ukrainian shipping ​and port infrastructure in recent months make impossible exports from Ukrainian ports

Overall, Kazakhstan ranks among the EU’s top three crude suppliers (after the United States and Norway)