Black Sea

The names of ten Russian servicemen who carried out missile strikes on the port infrastructure of the Odessa region in July 2026 have been made public.

Ankara has already sent its proposals to the Ukrainian and Russian sides, received responses and is working on their coordination.

By the end of 2026, the deficit in the Ukrainian agricultural sector could reach $7–8 billion if the situation with sea exports does not change.

On the night of September 10, drones attacked port infrastructure in two Russian cities at once — Makhachkala on the Caspian Sea and Sochi on the Black Sea.

The association emphasized that the logistics, which is currently being rebuilt for agricultural exports, cannot fully replace the Black Sea ports.

Turkey has intensified negotiations with Ukraine and Russia on the creation of a new security mechanism in the Black Sea.

After the attack near Novorossiysk, the 108-meter dry cargo ship drifted uncontrolled in the Black Sea and ran aground near Istanbul.

On Thursday, August 27, at around 7:00 p.m., the Dominican Republic-flagged merchant vessel Progress IV caught fire and sank in Romania’s exclusive economic zone.

The market is reacting to the threat of a new escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian war and the risks of disruptions in grain supplies from the Black Sea region.

The Turkish maritime business has seen a sharp decline in the number of ships passing through the country’s straits.