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The UN World Food Program (WFP) is ready to purchase up to 1 million tons of Ukrainian grain for humanitarian operations.

At least 40 crew members have died in attacks in the Black Sea since the beginning of 2026, exceeding the corresponding figure in the Persian Gulf.

Ukraine and Romania have agreed to strengthen cooperation to protect civil shipping and counter growing threats in the Black Sea.

The European Parliament has called on the EU to consider deploying a naval operation in the Black Sea following recent attacks on civilian vessels off Romania and Bulgaria.

Turkish services have lifted the 238-meter tanker BANDA, which ran aground on the Black Sea coast near the Bosphorus a few days ago.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a mechanism for state compensation for damage caused to civilian vessels as a result of Russian aggression and hostilities.

The Romanian SAR ARTEMIS rescue vessel has left the port of Constanta to carry out an operation near an offshore platform in the Black Sea.

The Liberian-flagged tanker BANDA ran aground on the Black Sea coast of Turkey near the Bosphorus. The vessel had previously been attacked by naval drones in the Novorossiysk area.

The Grace Romavictor tanker, which had previously been damaged near Novorossiysk, has run aground on the Black Sea coast of Turkey.

Russian forces have struck a civilian cargo ship under the flag of Liberia in one of the ports of the Odesa region.