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The Ukrainian Navy scuttles its flagship frigate "Hetman Sahaidachny" at the port of Mykolaiv to prevent its capture by Russian forces.
2022-03-4

The Ukrainian Navy patrol vessel "Sloviansk" is destroyed in a Russian anti-ship missile strike off the Port of Odessa, resulting in the disappearance of all its crew.
2022-03-3

Russian Ground Forces say that they have captured the Black Sea port of Kherson. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense denies this claim, stating that the battle is ongoing.
2022-03-2

The Russian Navy warns that all civilian ships and vessels attempting to approach the Ukrainian Black Sea coast will be destroyed as "terrorist threats".
2022-02-26

Ukraine reports that Russian Navy warships have attacked Snake Island near the Danube Delta.
2022-02-24

Two Ukrainian troops are killed and four others are injured by shelling from separatist forces. Separatists have opened fire on more than 30 settlements with artillery, according to the Ukrainian military.
2022-02-19

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

Russia's Defence Ministry says that a Russian Navy patrol ship fired shots and a Su-24 attack aircraft dropped bombs in the pathway of the British Royal Navy destroyer Defender 6 after it reportedly entered Russian-claimed territorial waters near Crimea in the Black Sea. The UK MOD said that this was part of a Russian military exercise in the vicinity and rejected Russia's account of the incident denying that any shots or bombs had been directed at the British ship.
2021-06-23

Martial law in Ukraine ends a month after an attack on three Ukrainian Navy vessels near the Kerch Strait.
2018-12-26

Scientists announce the discovery of the world's first active undersea river, in the Black Sea.
2010-08-1