Russia has damaged 321 port infrastructure facilities, as well as 20 foreign merchant vessels since July 2023, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Nov. 23 at the International Conference on Food Security in Kyiv. Traveling along the Black Sea route, ships are regularly at risk of being attacked by Russia. Since the beginning of the all-out […]

The German Economy Ministry instructed its state-operated gas import terminal to reject a delivery of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), the Financial Times (FT) reported on Nov. 14. The order comes as European countries increasingly look to replace Russian energy imports and impose sanctions on Russian gas, including LNG. The ministry told the Deutsche Energy […]

Editor's note: This story is being updated. Russia attacked the southern city of Odesa's port infrastructure with a ballistic missile on Oct. 14, killing one person and injuring eight others, Governor Oleh Kiper reported. The attack damaged two civilian vessels — NS Moon flying the flag of Belize and the Palau-flagged Optima, Kiper said. Russia […]