Report to Congress on Three Seas Initiative
The following is the March 19, 2025, is the Congressional Research Service In Focus report: The Three Seas Initiative.…
Black Sea Conflict Informing U.S. Navy Unmanned Systems, Says Admiral
The Black Sea has become the Navy’s laboratory for rehearsing and operationalizing the best ways to tie unmanned, robotic systems’…
U.S., Ukrainian Navies Practice Mine Countermeasures Off Scotland For Sea Breeze 2024
The Russo-Ukrainian War continues to slog toward its third year, with Russia pushing into territories in the eastern part of…
Battles in the Black Sea Changing the Character of Naval Warfare, Experts Say
ARLINGTON, Va.– A frenzy of Ukrainian-designed and –built high-speed, bomb-laden Magura V5 unmanned surface drones added an explosive exclamation point…
Putin Replaces Defense Minister with Economist Andrei Belousov
Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced Sergei Shoigu with Andrei Belousov, an economist, as the Kremlin’s minister of defense over the weekend.…
Time For U.S., Allies to ‘Double Down’ on Military Aid to Ukraine, Says Ambassador
Ukraine needs more ammunition and humanitarian aid as it continues its long war against invading neighbor Russia, speakers stressed at…
Turkey to Block U.K. Minesweepers on Loan to Ukraine from Black Sea
Turkey will not let minesweepers loaned to Ukraine by the United Kingdom into the Black Sea, the Turkish president’s directorate…
Ukrainian Attacks on Black Sea Fleet Puts Russia on Defensive, U.K. MoD Says
A string of Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in September have likely pushed Russia into a more reactive…
British Defense Ministry Warns of Potential Naval Blockade in Black Sea
The British Ministry of Defense warned Wednesday that Russia could be planning a naval blockade of Ukraine. The blockade would…
Russia Continues Odesa Attacks After Grain Deal Collapse, NSC Warns Of Potential Food Shortages
Russian bombed the Ukrainian port city Odesa for the second time since Moscow pulled out of a United Nations-Turkey brokered…