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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.
Review and Database of Ukrainian Attacks on the Occupied Crimea, Russian Ships and Facilities on the Black Sea Coast in January-September 2024
16 October 2024
Between January and September 2024, i.e. over 273 days, the Ukrainian Defense Forces launched no less than 111 attacks on targets in the occupied Crimean Peninsula and ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Those included no less than: 30 attacks on Sevastopol, 16 on Russian Navy ships in the Black and Azov Seas, 21 on Western Crimea, 11 on Dzhankoi district, 6 on Feodosia region, and 26 on the Black Sea coast of the Russian Federation.
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.
Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January-September 2024
15 October 2024
In January-September 2024, for attacks on regions of Ukraine from the occupied Crimea, Russian Armed Forces used no less than: 66 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles, 153 Iskander-type ballistic missiles, 1 P-800 Oniks anti-ship missile, 4 3М22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, 1791 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launched simultaneously from Crimea and regions of Russia, 360 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launched from Crimea only and 169 reconnaissance UAVs of various types.
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.
Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January-August 2024
22 September 2024
In January-August 2024, for attacks on regions of Ukraine from the occupied Crimea, Russian Armed Forces used at least: 66 Kalibr cruise missiles, 126 Iskander-type ballistic missiles, 1 P-800 Oniks anti-ship missile, 4 3М22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, 1271 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launched both from Crimea and regions of Russia, 349 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launched from Crimea without simultaneous launches from the Russian territory and 142 reconnaissance UAVs of various types.
Review and Database of Ukrainian Attacks on the Occupied Crimea, Russian Ships and Facilities on the Black Sea Coast in January-August 2024
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.
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.
Review and Database of Ukrainian Attacks on the Occupied Crimea, Russian Ships and Facilities on the Black Sea Coast in January-July 2024
23 August 2024
Between January and July 2024, i.e. over 213 days, the Ukrainian Defense Forces launched no less than 95 attacks on targets in the occupied Crimean Peninsula and ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Those included no less than: 28 attacks on Sevastopol, 13 on Russian Navy ships in the Black and Azov Seas, 20 on Yevpatoria, Saky, Black Sea and Rozdolne districts (Western Crimea), 9 on Dzhankoi district, 6 on Feodosia region, and 21 on the Black Sea coast of the Russian Federation.
On the Necessity to Adopt a Law of Ukraine on the Territorial Sea of Ukraine in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and the North-Eastern Part of the Black Sea
19 August 2024
The Ukrainian parliament condemned the state policy of the Russian Federation on the growing militarization of the Black and Azov Seas and the Kerch Strait, and systematic cases of hampering or blocking of international navigation by the Russian Federation, which undermines security and stability in the region and beyond.
Hybrid War and Hybrid Peace on the Black Sea. The Parallel Realities
14 August 2024
Both the Ukrainian and foreign readers are, of course, well aware of one of the biggest surprises of this war — namely, the defeat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF), that as a result, has been forced to largely abandon its historic main base in the occupied Sevastopol. That case is now, certainly, being closely studied by all the general staffs and military academies of the world.
Review and Database of Ukrainian Attacks on the Occupied Crimea, Russian Ships and Facilities on the Black Sea Coast in January-June 2024
12 August 2024
Between January and June 2024, i.e. over 182 days, the Ukrainian Defense Forces launched no less than 83 attacks on targets in the occupied Crimean Peninsula and ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Those included at least: 26 attacks on Sevastopol, 11 on Russian Navy ships in the Black and Azov Seas, 19 on Yevpatoria, Saky, Black Sea and Rozdolne districts (Western Crimea), 8 on Dzhankoi district, 5 on Feodosia region, and 17 on the Black Sea coast of the Russian Federation.
Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January-June 2024
30 July 2024
In January-June 2024, for attacks on regions of Ukraine from the occupied Crimea, Russian Armed Forces used at least: 38 Kalibr cruise missiles, 69 Iskander-type ballistic missiles, 1 P-800 Oniks anti-ship missile, 3 3М22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, 977 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launched both from Crimea and regions of Russia, 306 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launched from Crimea without simultaneous launches from the Russian territory and 54 reconnaissance UAVs of various types.
Review and Database of Ukrainian Attacks on the Occupied Crimea, Russian Ships and Facilities on the Black Sea Coast in January-May 2024
05 July 2024
Between January and May 2024, i.e. over 152 days, the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out at least 64 attacks on targets in the occupied Crimean Peninsula and ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Those included at least: 22 attacks on Sevastopol, 9 on Russian Navy ships in the Black and Azov Seas, 14 on Yevpatoria, Saky, Black Sea and Rozdolne districts (Western Crimea), 7 on Dzhankoi district, 2 on Feodosia region, and 11 on the Black Sea coast of the Russian Federation.
Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January-May 2024
27 June 2024
In January-May 2024, for attacks on regions of Ukraine from the occupied Crimea, Russian Armed Forces used at least: 19 Kalibr cruise missiles, 53 Iskander-type ballistic missiles, 1 P-800 Oniks anti-ship missile, 3 3М22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, 807 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launched both from Crimea and regions of Russia, 305 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launched from Crimea without simultaneous launches from the Russian territory and 41reconnaissance UAVs of various types.