The missile corvette Tsiklon built at the Zaliv Shipyard in Kerch has joined the Russian Navy on July 12, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "An official ceremony took place at the Shipyard named after Butoma in …
The Russian side has closed the passage for ships loaded outside the country through the Kerch Strait to the Sea of Azov, the Main Directorate for Maritime Affairs under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey reports. …
All schools, kindergartens, colleges and courts are being evacuated in the wake of bomb threats in Kerch, the mayor of the Crimean city, Svyatoslav Brusakov, said on Monday. "All courts, schools, kindergartens and colleges have …
A command ship of the Ukrainian Navy, the Donbass, changed its course and turned away from the Kerch Strait, the public relations department of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday. "The Donbass command …
The intensity of the newly-opened Crimean Bridge traffic will increase as the number of routes of transporting companies expands, the Crimean Bridge information center said. "The intensity of bridge traffic will only increase as …
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has detained Russia’s Nika Spirit tanker at the port of Izmail yesterday, claiming that it was the Neyma tanker that had blocked the movement of Ukrainian ships during the Kerch Strait incident, the SBU …
Today, a mass swim of 42 athletes from different countries of the world, X-WATERS Kerch Strait, took place in Crimea. The swimmers crossed the Strait of Kerch, starting from the Chushka Spit in Taman and finishing in the area of the Yeni-Kale …
The European Union has extended sanctions against certain Russian individuals for another six months, the Council of the EU said in a statement. According to the document, the restrictive measures, which expire on March 15, are extended …
Angela Merkel resisted US pressure to deploy German Navy warships to the Kerch Strait for naval exercises during her February 16 meeting with the US Vice President Mike Pence on the …
EU ambassadors have agreed to impose asset freezes and visa bans on eight Russians over the incident near the Kerch Strait in November, according to several sources familiar with the discussions. The sanctions backed by the ambassadors …
The U.S. maritime patrol aircraft conducted reconnaissance near the coast of the Crimean peninsula - Sevastopol and the Kerch Strait. The P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane with the tail number 168848 took off from the military …
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has turned down Ukraine’s request for interim measures concerning the detention of Ukrainian navy ships in the Kerch Strait, the Russian Justice Ministry said. "The arguments and …
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill that would impose stiff new sanctions on Russia over its meddling in U.S. elections and aggression against Ukraine. The new restrictions would target banks, Russia's LNG projects …
The United States and European Union are close to agreeing new sanctions against Russia over the Kerch strait incident. The measures are expected to be discussed at a meeting of EU foreign ministers next Monday and could be …
The Federal Agency of Maritime and River Transportation has confirmed that two tankers on fire in the Black Sea are in Russia's territorial waters, the agency's press service said. "The two tankers on fire are drifting and …
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday expressed condolences over the death of Turkish sailors in …
A search operation is underway after fire broke out on board two Tanzania-flagged tankers in the Kerch Strait, the press service of the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport said. "Search continues. According to …
The Ukrainian Navy will take international observers onboard during passage through the Kerch Strait, adviser to the Ukrainian president and the Ukrainian defense minister Yury Biryukov said. He noted that …
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday it hoped Western countries would not take part in any Ukrainian attempt to stage “a provocation” near the Kerch Strait and dissuade Kiev from escalating tensions in the …
None of sane people in China, Russia or the United States would start a world war
