Politics

Egypt, India and Turkey have submitted to Ukraine their proposals on overcoming the blockade of the Black Sea and restoring safe shipping.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha and his Panamanian counterpart Javier Martinez-Acha discussed maritime security and freedom of navigation.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine’s Ambassador to Ankara, Nariman Dzhelyalov, after attacks on two Turkish vessels in the Black Sea.

Ukraine is ready to support Turkey’s initiative for a mutual moratorium on attacks on civilian vessels, commercial ports and energy infrastructure in the Black Sea.

Ukraine has offered Russia a mutual halt to attacks on ships transporting agricultural products through the Black Sea, but Moscow has refused.

Ukraine has appealed to the International Maritime Organization due to the sharp deterioration in shipping safety in the Black Sea.

The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Ruslan Oliynyk and Kyrylo Fesyk as Deputy Ministers of Reconstruction, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine.

On July 31, US Vice President J.D. Vance, during a conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, asked Ukraine to stop attacks on oil tankers in the Black Sea.

Ukraine has called on the International Maritime Organization to strengthen counteraction to Russian attacks on civilian shipping and the activities of the Russian shadow fleet.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague has ruled that Russia violated some maritime law rules by building a bridge across the Kerch Strait. The final ruling, however, leaves Ukraine without compensation and without satisfying a significant portion of its remaining claims.