Black Sea
President Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine is finalizing a new Maritime Strategy to consolidate its interests and capabilities at sea, ensuring that the country can protect its maritime interests and those of its allies after Russia's dominance in the Black Sea region was shattered by war.
Having received F-16 fighter jets, Ukraine will be able to strengthen its control over the Black Sea and challenge Russia's dominance in the region's airspace, the Ukrainian Navy commander believes.
According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, enemy UAVs were spotted flying in different directions over several regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Kherson, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, and Odesa oblasts.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Ankara could help end Russia's war against Ukraine, but Putin's spokesman said Erdogan could not play the role of mediator.
7 enemy ships left the Black Sea, including 1 Kalibr cruise missile carrier without missiles.
The Russian occupiers used state employees to demonstratively clean the Black Sea coast in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine as part of a propaganda campaign, ignoring the main truth that the ecological destruction of the region can only be solved by stopping littering, not by holding events for the cameras at the behest of the Kremlin.
140 thousand square kilometers of Ukraine remain potentially mined after Russia's full-scale invasion.
Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria have set up a joint mine-sweeping force in the Black Sea to improve the safety of shipping, especially for Ukrainian grain exports.
According to the Ukrainian Navy spokesperson, there are no missile carriers in the Black and Azov Seas, only a submarine without missiles and two surface ships.
The Russian Navy has 2 ships in the Black Sea, including 1 missile carrier without Kalibr missiles, 2 ships in the Sea of Azov without missiles, and 2 ships in the Mediterranean carrying up to 24 Kalibr cruise missiles.
To mark the second anniversary of the liberation of Zmiinyi Island from Russia, the SBU demonstrated unique footage of how its special forces conducted a strategic operation that played a decisive role in the gradual ousting of the enemy from the Black Sea.
Russia can now be present in the Black Sea only in the form of submarines, as the threat of remote air strikes has been eliminated and its surface ships can no longer operate there.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force and the mayor of Odesa, the missile is heading toward Odesa region from the Black Sea, and residents of the city were warned to take shelter.
For the second time in a day, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on an air defense operation against an enemy reconnaissance drone in Odesa region.
The Air Force shot down 5 of 6 missiles and 23 unmanned aerial vehicles during a massive Russian attack on Ukraine on the night of June 27.
Russia has three Kalibr missile carriers in the black and Azov seas with a total salvo of up to 36 missiles.
Russia has withdrawn Kalibr cruise missile carriers to the black and Azov Seas, leaving three launch vehicles capable of carrying up to 16 missiles in these waters.
The enemy continues to try to disrupt the export of Ukrainian grain, according to the Odesa RMA.
The explosion occurred in Odessa, Ukraine, after an Air Alert was declared due to the activity of tactical aircraft and a cruise missile heading towards the city.
Enemy troops launched a guided air missile from the plane, but the missile lost its combat capability over the Black Sea and did not cause any casualties.
Russia may take part in the Second World Summit in the format of a "grain agreement" with the assistance of Turkey and the UN. At the same time, Ukraine does not want direct contacts with Russia because of its crimes and strategic goals to destroy the Ukrainian state.
the Russian Defense Ministry claims that air defense systems intercepted 114 drones over Crimea, the Black Sea, the Krasnodar Territory and the Volgograd region.
Russia has 4 launch vehicles in the black and Azov seas, with a total salvo capacity of up to 28 cruise missiles.
It was reported that an enemy missile from the Black Sea was heading towards the Odessa region, and then changed course to the Mykolaiv region, which caused an air alert in both regions.
Ukraine will resume weekly ferry service between the Black Sea port and Batumi, Georgia, the first flight is scheduled for July 9 and will last 60 hours in one direction and 69 hours in the opposite direction.
Three enemy missile-carrying ships are in the Black and Azov Seas, and a Kalibr cruise missile was shot down in Dnipropetrovs'k region.
The main repair base for russian ships is located in Crimea, but Crimea is not the best place for russians right now.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's "conditions for ending the war" in Ukraine, including demands for Ukraine's disarmament, are contrary to common sense, the UN Charter and basic morality, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.
Two fishermen were caught illegally catching and poaching 12 stingrays weighing 25 kg and several crabs in the Tuzly Estuaries National Park in Odesa Oblast and face criminal liability for violating fishing laws.
Russia cannot afford to have surface ships in the Black Sea, relying only on submarines, while maintaining a group of ships, including missile carriers and amphibious assault ships in the Sea of Azov for training purposes.