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Ukraine says it has shot down six Russian warplanes, two helicopters and destroyed dozens of enemy armored vehicles, according to its Joint Centre of Control and Coordination; Russian military representatives deny the claims.
2022-02-24

Ukraine's military reports the killing of about 50 Russian soldiers and at least 40 confirmed killed in action among its armed forces during battles in Eastern Ukraine; a senior Ukrainian government official estimates deaths from airstrikes among the Ukrainian troops in the hundreds.
2022-02-24

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell says that shelling has begun in eastern Ukraine.
2022-02-17

U.S. officials say that Russian troops, along with long-range artillery and missile launchers have begun moving into staging areas near the Ukrainian border after leaving their assembly areas.
2022-02-14

Ukraine says that Russian Navy drills in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov have made navigation "virtually impossible", stating that the drills are part of a "hybrid war" against the country. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says that the Sea of Azov is completely blocked, essentially blockading Ukrainian ports.
2022-02-10

Ukraine launches a "special operation" on the Belarusian border involving troops from the National Guard, police, and the armed forces, including anti-tank and airborne units, amid fears of a migrant crisis and also due to a Russian military build-up on its borders.
2021-11-24

The discovery of a Classical Greek trading ship thought to date to approximately 400 BC is reported by a team of scientists working in the Black Sea. It is the oldest known intact shipwreck.
2018-10-23

A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet makes an "unsafe close-range intercept" of a United States Navy P-8A Poseidon over the Black Sea in international airspace, coming within 10 feet (3.3 m) of the U.S. aircraft.
2016-09-7

ExxonMobil and OAO Rosneft reach a deal which may reach $500 billion in projects in the Arctic, Gulf of Mexico, and the Black Sea.
2011-08-31