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Ukrainian grain corridor: why Russia started the hunting season for grain carriers in Odesa ports
17 October 2024
Russia has begun systematically shelling grain carriers that use the Ukrainian grain corridor. The attacks have become the continuation of the ongoing shelling of port infrastructure in Odesa region and have already caused damage to several vessels, as well as injuries and deaths. The collective response of the Black Sea countries is needed to deter the aggressor.
Important
The first element of Russia's new maritime tactics/strategy in the Black Sea
15 October 2024
Our ongoing daily monitoring and analysis of the Ukrainian sea corridor operation leads us to believe that the ballistic missile attacks on the ports of Greater Odesa that damage the ships are NOT episodes, but rather a new strategy aimed at incapacitating the Ukrainian sea corridor.
Urgent Action by Ukraine and Romania Required: Moldova to Fall Victim of the Crimean-Style Annexation Scenario
04 October 2024
While Ukrainian Moldova experts believe that Russia won't be able to do anything to prevent the country's upcoming referendum on joining the EU because the two states have no common border, the reality is that Moldova has the Danube port of Giurgiulesti that, as the BSIS predicted earlier, now receives DIRECT ships from Novorossiysk and Tuapse.
Russian Blood-Soaked Export
Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of August 2024 Violations
16 September 2024
In August 2024, 7 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded. Four were involved the delivery of crude oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece. Three direct voyages were made to the ports of the EU countries. In August 2024, a total of 897.066 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo.
Militarization of the Black Sea
Attacks by Ukrainian Defense Forces on the Territory of Occupied Crimea, Russian Ships and Facilities on the Black Sea Coast in January-August 2024 (database)
21 September 2024
In January-August 2024, i.e. 243 days, the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out at least 106 attacks on targets in the occupied Crimean Peninsula and ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. This includes at least 30 attacks in Sevastopol; and no less than 16 on Russian Navy ships in the Black and Azov Seas; 21 in Western Crimea; 10 in the Dzhankoi region; 6 in the Feodosia region; and 23 along the Black Sea coast of the Russian Federation.
Crimea Under Occupation
Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January-July 2024
27 August 2024
In January-July 2024, for attacks on regions of Ukraine from the occupied Crimea, Russian Armed Forces used at least: 38 Kalibr cruise missiles, 107 Iskander-type ballistic missiles, 1 P-800 Oniks anti-ship missile, 4 3М22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, 1087 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launched both from Crimea and regions of Russia, 340 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launched from Crimea without simultaneous launches from the Russian territory and 97 reconnaissance UAVs of various types.
Databases
Attacks by Ukrainian Defense Forces on the Territory of Occupied Crimea, Russian Ships and Facilities on the Black Sea Coast in January-August 2024 (database)
21 September 2024
In January-August 2024, i.e. 243 days, the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out at least 106 attacks on targets in the occupied Crimean Peninsula and ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. This includes at least 30 attacks in Sevastopol; and no less than 16 on Russian Navy ships in the Black and Azov Seas; 21 in Western Crimea; 10 in the Dzhankoi region; 6 in the Feodosia region; and 23 along the Black Sea coast of the Russian Federation.
