Analysis: What’s Happening In The Black Sea Right Now?
It’s not hard to find news reports about the Black Sea these days. Unfortunately, most of the news should come across as very negative. But, the Black Sea is also a very popular tourist destination in Eastern Europe.
A lot of the focus is on the Russian Black Sea Fleet and what it will be doing in the maritime domain to achieve its goals in the war with Ukraine. Germany’s media source DW recently wrote about the Black Sea’s role in Russia’s war on Ukraine to explain the maritime domain’s significance. An even more dramatic story is about the recent staging and landing operation carried out by Russian military forces in the Black Sea, where a helicopter and team of military personnel stormed a vessel, yelling: “Stop machine”.
Tensions in the Black Sea are heating up. Both Russia and Ukraine have made aggressive statements aimed at provoking each other.
Ukrinform released a statement on behalf of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stating that Russian ships passing through a newly proposed corridor for merchant ships will not be observed.
Even while Russian ships have allegedly sought to intimidate other merchant ships in support of Ukrainian trade around the Black Sea, they are reportedly based in the northeastern part of the Black Sea near Russian territory. See…
