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Photo: March 26, 2019: Boundary post on Snake Island (Zmiinyi Island), Black Sea, Odessa, Ukraine, Eastern Europe. Credit Image: © Andrey Nekrasov/ZUMA Press Wire
The Strategic Importance of Snake Island
September 27, 2022
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Photo: SEVASTOPOL, RUSSIA - JUNE 12, 2021: A serviceman stands by the Black Sea as he attends a celebration of Russia Day. Credit: Alexei Pavlishak/TASS
Russia’s Militarization of the Black Sea: Implications for the United States and NATO
September 22, 2022
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Photo: SEVASTOPOL, RUSSIA - JUNE 12, 2021: A serviceman stands by the Black Sea as he attends a celebration of Russia Day. Credit: Alexei Pavlishak/TASS
Russia Raises Stakes on the World’s Oceans
August 8, 2022
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Photo: Bulk Carrier M/V Razoni vessel carrying 26,000 tonnes of corn cargo is seen leaving port of Odesa, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, on 1 August 2022. The first ship since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, left the port of Odesa, in deal to ease global food crisis, with tons of corn to Lebanon. Credit: STR/NurPhoto
Hesitantly, Ukraine’s Grain Begins to Ship
August 4, 2022
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Photo: The first ship left the Odesa port since 24.02.2022. Credit: Oleksandr Kubrakov @OlKubrakov via Twitter
Grains of Hope and Risk in the Black Sea
August 2, 2022
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Photo: A Ukrainian woman with a crown of flowers in the colors of the Ukrainian flag takes part in the demonstration in Krakow, Poland on May 16, 2022. Credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto
What Does Europe Look Like 3-7 Years After Russia’s War in Ukraine?
May 24, 2022
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Photo: SNMG2 and SNMCMG2 sailing in the Black Sea as part of NATO routine presence. Credit: NATO photo by French Navy WO Christian Valverde / Released via Flickr.
Russia’s Hunger Blockade
May 23, 2022
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Photo: A sailor looks at the Russian missile cruiser Moskva moored in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Ukraine 10, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo.
The Mystery of the Moskva
May 9, 2022
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Photo: File image of Russia Black Sea flagship Moskva (Moscow). Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, was being towed to port when "stormy seas" caused it to sink, according to a Russian Ministry of Defense statement on Friday April 15, 2022. However, Ukraine claims that the warship was hit by two anti-air Neptune surface-to-sea missiles (range 300 km), about 25 nautical miles from Snake Island. The 510-crew missile cruiser was a symbol of Russia's military power, leading its naval assault on Ukraine. The 12,490-tonne vessel is the biggest Russian warship to be sunk in action since World War Two. Ukrainian military officials said they struck the Moskva with Ukrainian-made Neptune missiles - a weapon designed after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, and the naval threat to Ukraine in the Black Sea grew. The ship's sinking was described by the US as a big blow, but American officials were unable to confirm whether Ukrainian Neptune missiles were responsible. Credit: Russia MOD/EYEPRESS.
Boiling the Frog — Russia’s Black Sea Aggression Part II, the War
May 6, 2022
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