Abroad

The UK has expanded sanctions against Russian oil exports, adding 12 tankers to the list.

Lithuania will propose to the European Union to ban the transit of Russian grain through the territory of the bloc.

The UK has announced a new package of sanctions against Russia’s “shadow fleet” and financial infrastructure that helps Russia circumvent restrictions.

The Minister of National Defense of Turkey has named the Black Sea direction among the key issues of the country’s security policy.

South Korean authorities have said that the country has not supplied fuel to Russia on sanctioned tankers from South Korean ports.

The European Union has called on Russia to stop attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, and has also announced cooperation with Bulgaria and Romania in the wake of the latest attacks.

The Liberian-flagged AFRAMAX RIO oil tanker caught fire on October 6 in the Black Sea near Sochi.

In terms of region, analysts said, supplies through Russia’s Black Sea ports fell the most in August.

The cargo ship EMIL, which was hit by a drone near Odesa in August, is drifting in the Black Sea without a crew and without the ability to maneuver in the direction of Bulgarian waters.

Belarus has shipped its first shipment of potash fertilizers to the United States in four years after the easing of US sanctions on the Belarusian potash industry.