Demining the Black Sea

Demining the Black Sea will add to Putin’s list of defeats and strengthen the security of Ukrainian grain exports In the coming days, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey plan to sign a trilateral agreement on the demining of the Black Sea, Bulgarian Defence Minister Todor Tagarev has said. The process itself, according to different estimates, may…

Russia Seeks to Cut Off Ukraine by Sea

Black Sea

In the coming week, the Russian army will focus its main strategic efforts on the southern regions of Ukraine, seeking to directly threaten the country’s territorial integrity. The tactics of the Russian troops during the invasion revealed two strategic directions in which the Russian army concentrated its main forces and resources: an attack on Kyiv…

Ukrainian Prime Minister Visits NATO HQ

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to NATO Headquarters on Tuesday (9 February 2021). The Secretary General thanked Ukraine for its important contributions to NATO missions and operations and stressed that the country’s status as an Enhanced Opportunities Partner will deepen NATO-Ukraine cooperation.  The Secretary General underlined that NATO and…

Ukraine Demands Release of Illegally Detained Ships and Servicemen

Black Sea in 2019

Ukraine filed a request in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (“ITLOS”) last week seeking provisional relief against the Russian Federation.  The Request seeks the release of the three Ukrainian naval vessels and the twenty-four servicemen unlawfully seized by the Russian Federation in the Black Sea on 25 November 2018. Under the…