Black Sea

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that it had shot down 8 Russian Shahid drones out of 10 launched overnight over several regions in eastern and southern Ukraine.

The State Department spokesman said that although Russia has had some success in the war because Ukraine initially lacked weapons, Ukrainian troops have now made significant progress in confronting the Russian military.

Experts from the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise can determine exactly which Russian ship fired the Kalibr missiles at Ukraine on a given day.

The head of the Odesa Regional State Administration met with the former U. S. Special Representative for Ukraine to discuss direct assistance in providing air defense equipment for the Odesa region, demining the Black Sea, and ensuring free navigation.

Moldova's Prime Minister said that although Russia cannot openly attack Moldova militarily because of Ukraine's resistance, Moscow is waging a hybrid war against Chisinau through disinformation, cyberattacks, and financing of criminal groups.

According to Ukraine's deputy prime minister, Polish protesters threw about 4 tons of grain out of two railcars in transit to Germany as another political provocation aimed at dividing Ukraine and Poland.

President Zelenskyy thanked President Arevalo for his country's continued support for Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion and discussed bilateral relations, Ukraine's defense needs, and ensuring grain exports despite Russian obstacles.

President Zelenskyy thanked the U. S. senators for their bipartisan support for Ukraine and discussed defense priorities with them.

President Zelenskiy announced that since the start of the Ukrainian corridor, more than 23 million tons of cargo have been transported through the Black Sea without Russian assistance.

russia has put a submarine armed with four Kalibr cruise missiles on alert in the Black Sea, the Southern Ukrainian Defense Forces report.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is deploying a new grouping of mine countermeasures forces in the Black Sea using two British Sandown-class mine countermeasures ships.

Russia claims that its air defense systems shot down one drone in the Belgorod region near Ukraine and four more over the Black Sea overnight.

After the attack, 8 of the original 13 large Russian landing ships remained in the Black Sea, as 5 ships were destroyed or seriously damaged.

Russian "z-military" sources report that the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Viktor Sokolov, has been dismissed from his post. This is likely to have happened after the attack by Ukrainian unmanned boats on the large amphibious assault ship Caesar Kunikov on February 14.

According to British intelligence, the sinking of the Russian amphibious assault ship Caesar Kunikov will further reduce Russia's limited naval resources in the Black Sea and make its logistics chain vulnerable to new Ukrainian attacks.

It is reported that russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Viktor Sokolov may be dismissed from his post after Ukraine destroyed another russian landing ship, the Caesar Kunikov.

Norway will start a training course for Ukrainian marines in small boat operations in the spring.

According to the Ukrainian Navy, Russia has one Kalibr carrier ship in the Black Sea.

Ukraine announces a nationwide air alert due to the threat of missile attacks by enemy aircraft and ships in the Black Sea.

A State Department official said that Russia's loss of 20% of the Black Sea Fleet's ships, including the amphibious assault ship Caesar Kunikov, is a fundamental change in the Russian Navy's limited strategic positioning in the region.

Zelensky thanked the Armed Forces of Ukraine for destroying the Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov in Crimea and said that Ukraine would continue to clear the Black Sea of Russian terrorist facilities.

British intelligence, having analyzed the conclusions of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, suggested from which systems Russia could launch Zircon missiles at Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO will continue to help Ukraine move closer to Alliance standards in areas such as procurement and logistics before a meeting of NATO defense ministers.

The spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy commented on the destruction of the Russian large amphibious assault ship Caesar Kunikov in the Black Sea, as previously reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russian media report an attempted drone attack on an oil storage facility in the Voronezh region.

The Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov was shot down in the Black Sea on February 14.

Air defense forces shot down a russian missile aimed at Odesa, but shrapnel damaged unfinished buildings and glass in the coastal area.

Russia may have up to 60 Kalibr cruise missiles ready to be launched from ships and bases in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian military spokeswoman said.

736 ships with almost 23 million tons of cargo have safely passed through Ukraine's humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea as of Tuesday, the US ambassador to Ukraine reports.

For the first time since 2022, a cargo with pipes for gas production entered a Ukrainian port - American Journal of Transportation.