Black Sea in a sentence

As with non-Black Seas powers, the Montreux convention does not explicitly forbid a Black Sea power from transiting aircraft carriers through the straits, and the tonnage limits in Article 14 also apply to Black Sea powers as well as non-Black Sea powers.

In the final segment, Foggo discussed the Black Sea Conference held in Naples, Italy, where Black Sea allies and partner nations came together to discuss the challenges and solutions in creating a stable and secure region in the Black Sea.

Russia is threatening civilian vessels in the Black Sea, more than a week after the Kremlin U.N.-backed deal to allow Kyiv to export grain across the Black Sea, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff said.

The United Nations and Turkey brokered the Black Sea Grain Initiative last July to help tackle a global food crisis worsened by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and blockade of its Black Sea ports.

On 22 September 2023, at least three Storm Shadow missiles hit Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, reportedly killing Admiral Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet.

Drainage in Moldova is to the south, toward the Black Sea lowlands, and eventually into the Black Sea, but only eight rivers and creeks extend more than 100 kilometers.

Only its Black Sea Fleet remained, and this was the result of an earlier treaty that had prevented the fleet from leaving the Black Sea.

The less restrictive rules applicable to Black Sea states were agreed as, effectively, a concession to the Soviet Union, the only Black Sea state other than Turkey with any significant number of capital ships or submarines.

In 2019, two tankers caught fire in the Black Sea region while transferring fuel at sea, leaving at least 10 crew dead, after one vessel was barred from using a port due to U.S. sanctions.

In August, Ukrainian sea drones attacked the port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea with naval drones and seriously damaged the landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak.

On Friday morning, “the enemy struck cities and critical infrastructure facilities,” the air force said, adding that seven Iranian-made “kamikaze” drones were launched from the Sea of Azov and six Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea.

The Astoria Grande navigates mostly in the Black Sea with Russian passengers on board but also sometimes visits Istanbul and the port of Çeşme on the Aegean Sea, according to Ermiş.

The video shows the sea drone travelling quickly towards the ship in the Black Sea.

Ukraine’s response, sea-drone attacks on a Russian oil tanker and a warship at its Novorossiysk naval base, next door to a major grain and oil port, has added to these new dangers for transport in the Black Sea.

It'll allow U.S. commanders to keep a close eye on hotspots in Europe and Africa, such as the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and with its range of 8,200 nautical miles, even part of Africa and as far as the Middle East.

It’s under assault—perhaps coordinated assault—not just in the Caribbean basin but in the Black Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea, and China seas.

Kyiv, which wants the bridge demolished and has targeted it with attacks, says Russia built it low to keep international ships out while allowing smaller Russian ones through the strait connecting the Sea of Azov and Black Sea.

The “Black Sea Deluge” theory holds that the Mediterranean Sea broke through the Bosporus around 5600 BCE, flooding an ancient littoral civilization within months.

The Ukrainian military intelligence agency said a special unit called Group 13 had fired Magura V5 maritime drones at the near the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea.

Russia has reported that one of their Su-27 jets intercepted two US spy planes over the Black Sea on Thursday, noting this is the fourth time in the past week they’ve caught US planes in the sea, approaching the Russian border.