Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 allowed it to control the naval port of Sevastopol. What were near waters of Ukraine became de facto near waters for Russia. Controlling these ...

The Ukrainian southern military command said Russia had used supersonic ... in the second attack on the area in two days as Moscow continued to target its ports and grain facilities.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, little has been done to contain Russia’s consolidated dominance in the murky waters of the Black Sea.

enabled the Kremlin to project power on the southern flank of NATO near Africa. Military analysts said they saw the first signs Russia's withdrawal from the port city on December 3, although ...

Even as it pounds Ukraine, Russia is expanding its military footprint in Africa, delivering sophisticated weaponry to ...

China and Russia are conducting a joint naval exercise in a southern Chinese province facing the contested South China Sea, as the two sides deepen their "comprehensive strategic partnership." ...

Russia says it destroyed two Ukrainian sea drones targeting the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a key naval base and oil shipping outlet. The Ministry of Defence in Moscow said on Wednesday that ...

Meanwhile, systematic shelling by Russian forces in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region killed 10 civilians and injured 31 from ...

told an industry gathering in Sochi in southern Russia. In the last 18 months, Russia has launched two major ports, Vysotsky and Lugaport, in the Gulf of Finland, not far from St. Petersburg ...

With the new Syrian government likely to kick the Russians out of their base in Tartus, Port Sudan would be Russia’s only foreign naval base. "Moscow views Sudan, because of its strategic ...

The fresh attacks came a day after Moscow launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment in ...

Russia launched one of its largest airstrikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa in attacks that killed at least three people, officials said ...