Being mostly an inland body of water, how do ships manage to get in and out of the Black Sea? What does the process look like ...

Ukraine has targeted Russia’s Black Sea Fleet since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion 19 months ago, sinking the fleet’s flagship, the Moskva, in April last year. But since July ...

A map shows the locations of where a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was intercepted and then struck by a Russian Su-27 fighter jet, and where the drone crashed, March 14, 2023, in the Black Sea. (U.S Air ...

The Black Sea is even more consequential for Ukraine. In peacetime, over 50% of Ukraine's total exports went through Odesa, the country's largest Black Sea port. As one of the world's most important ...

Past Black Sea ceasefire fell apart after a year. Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.That April and May, Russia focused its offensive on Ukraine's southern coastline on the Black Sea, seizing ...

Fra Mauro’s map survived in his monastery on the Venetian island of San Michele and is now displayed in the city’s Museo Correr. Meredith Small starts “Here Begins the Dark Sea” in the ...