15.10.2025 Based on the success of Baltic Sentry, and in response to ongoing airspace violations, including the numerous Russian drones that violated Poland’s airspace on September 10, Allied Command Operations (ACO), which is responsible for the planning and execution of all NATO operations, began Eastern Sentry on September 12. <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-media-max-width=”560″><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>📍Poland |…
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Black sea: Russia restricts navigation
Brusssels 20.04.2021 The United States voiced deep concern over Russia’s plans to restrict navigation for foreign naval ships and other state vessels in its territorial waters in the Black Sea, slamming this as “unprovoked escalation,” the State Department said in a statement. The United States voiced deep concern over Russia’s plans to restrict navigation for…
Crimea: EU stands for Ukraine territorial integrity
“Continued efforts by the Russian Federation to undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, with further attempts to forcibly integrate the illegally-annexed Crimea and Sevastopol into Russia, represent a violation of international law” reads the statement by the European External Actions Service (EEAS) spokesperson on recent developments in the Crimean peninsula. The EU continues to expect…
Russian drills in Black sea
An active phase of tactical drills of the Black Sea Fleet aviation with fighters, bombers and helicopters has begun on March 18 in Crimea. In the course of the drills, pilots trained to withdraw forces during a potential attack, conducted a search for submarines, launched unguided missiles and dropped bombs, the fleet’s press service informed….
#QueenHind shipwreck “Commission failure”
‘Two days after a tragedy where over 14,000 sheep perished during transport by sea, the outgoing Commission sent us an insensitive response to a complaint regarding an Irish livestock vessel’ reads the statement of the Compassion in World Farming organisation. “This is clear evidence that the outgoing Commission failed in its duty of care for animal welfare;…
Russia Black Sea drills
Russia‘s airborne early warning and control A-50 aircraft, S-400 missile systems, as well as the Bal and Bastion coastal defense missile systems are taking part in the Black Sea drills held amid NATO‘s Sea Shield 2019 drills, the Russian Defense Ministry’s informs statement published on its official website “To ensure the fulfillment of training and…
Batumi port enlargement under fire
Sajjad Karim MEP (UK, ECR), the Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the South Caucasus, welcomed the development of the Batumi port, underlining Georgia strategic situation on the East-West transportation route. “The country has the potential to become an important transportation hub, which would in turn boost its economic growth, including in the Adjaria region“, Karim said….
Homer times shipwreck discovery
Probably the oldest shipwreck in the world ever found by man it is lying on the seabed of the Black Sea for 2400 years, practically intact off Bulgarian coast. A 23 meters long vessel, used for trade and originally from classical Greece has been discovered by a team of archaeologists led by the British Joe…
NATO counters Russia in Black sea
NATO launched a new multinational force in Romania this week to counter Russia along its eastern flank and to check a growing Russian presence in the Black Sea related to the Crimea, being not recognised by the West as part of Russian Federation. A stronger #Romania helps strengthen #NATO https://t.co/7xMVuCc6wC pic.twitter.com/ASlcEYKus1 — NATO (@NATO) October…
Two Russian submarines in Mediterranean
Two Russian submarines on the way from the Baltic Fleet to the Black Sea have entered the Mediterranean, Black Sea Fleet spokesman Vyacheslav Trukhachyov said on Monday, August, 28. “Two diesel submarines – The Kolpino and the Veliki Novgorod – on the way from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea Fleet have entered the…
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