Black Sea

Ukraine Begs For Black Sea Ceasefire As War Reaches Endgame — Grain Exports Collapse 76 Percent, Novorossiysk Shut Down

Tsarizm Eastern European Staff2

Ukraine has submitted a proposal through intermediaries to halt Black Sea strikes on civilian targets and commercial shipping — an implicit acknowledgment that Kyiv is losing the maritime dimension of the war. Grain export volumes have collapsed 76 percent year-on-year. Novorossiysk operations are suspended. The diplomatic architecture for an off-ramp is being quietly assembled.

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Kremlin Vows The Black Sea Will Never Be “NATO’s Sea” Amid Renewed Calls For Ukraine’s NATO Membership To Be Fast-Tracked

Jen Snow0

The former, briefly lived, UK prime minister, Lizz Truss, renewed calls this week for Ukraine’s NATO membership to be fast-tracked. “I also believe we should fast-track Ukraine’s membership of NATO. We should have done it years ago, but the best time to do it will be now,” Truss told listeners during a speech at a Heritage Foundation event.

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Russia Threatens “Countermeasures” – U.S. Drone Flight Paths Moved Further Away From Crimea

Jen Snow0

The Pentagon announced this week that it intends to continue patrolling international territory despite Moscow putting the U.S. on notice after an incident last week in which an American MQ-9 Reaper drone was intercepted and then subsequently crashed into the Black Sea. The Kremlin has announced that it has closed some of the airspace over the Black Sea as part of a ‘special operation’ taking place in Ukraine.

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