#Black Sea
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-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-c6f59936ecfeb7b3e5d4b5f0b2c0f805.png "Flames rise near port infrastructure in Novorossiysk following an overnight Ukrainian drone strike on the city’s fuel oil terminal. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)")
![Fire at the fuel-oil terminal at Russia’s Novorossiysk port, September 9, 2026.]( "Fire at the fuel-oil terminal at Russia’s Novorossiysk port, September 9, 2026.")
![Ukraine Pushed Russia’s Fleet Back. Now Its Navy Is Training for the Threat Beneath the Black Sea]( "Ukraine Pushed Russia’s Fleet Back. Now Its Navy Is Training for the Threat Beneath the Black Sea")
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![Jessica_daly]( "Photo of Jess Daly")
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- War in Ukraine
Exercise Sea Breeze trained crews in Ukraine’s Black Sea waters for decades. Now hosted in the UK following Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian sailors are training alongside NATO partners to counter evolving Russian threats, deploy a new generation of uncrewed systems, and prepare to make their waters safe again.![Epron rescue ship with some other Russian Black Sea Fleet assets in one of the naval bays at Sevastopol, 2026.]( "Epron rescue ship with some other Russian Black Sea Fleet assets in one of the naval bays at Sevastopol, 2026.")
![Robert Shageyev, former captain of the only submarine of the Ukrainain Navy, which defected to Russia during the Crimea annexation in 2014.]( "Robert Shageyev, former captain of the only submarine of the Ukrainain Navy, which defected to Russia during the Crimea annexation in 2014.")
![A Barracuda unmanned surface vessel during testing in southern Ukraine, March 30, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Barracuda unmanned surface vessel during testing in southern Ukraine, March 30, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A vessel struck by Ukrainian Defense Forces near Gelendzhik, Russia. (Source: Exilenova+)]( "A vessel struck by Ukrainian Defense Forces near Gelendzhik, Russia. (Source: Exilenova+)")
-69900291ca727a276c7e657cde7275bd.png "Fire at the fuel-oil terminal at Russia’s Novorossiysk port, September 9, 2026.")
-6424d4323963b49cc9e388c5bf1b6e97.jpg "Ukraine Pushed Russia’s Fleet Back. Now Its Navy Is Training for the Threat Beneath the Black Sea")
-46f6afa2f66d31ff3df8ea1a8f5524ec.jpg "Photo of Jess Daly")
-c43158eeb8145f2aa04250e28b449d03.jpg "Robert Shageyev, former captain of the only submarine of the Ukrainain Navy, which defected to Russia during the Crimea annexation in 2014.")
