The Russian president seems willing to expand his country's presence in the Black Sea further. He now threatens to capture another Ukrainian port city, Odessa, if Ukraine does not recognize the ...

T HE BALD MAN has not moved for more than three years. She arrived to take on a cargo of sunflower oil on the day before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and, along with 28 ...

The crew’s mission was to defend the waters off Odesa, Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port city, and keep them safe for commercial traffic. It has been grueling work — clearing Russian mines by ...