The Ukraine Crisis
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that began in 2014. Russian now controls the Azov Sea and occupies the ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol. It has also blockaded all Ukrainian Black Sea ports which are currently closed to all shipping. This category includes all aspects of the conflict affecting ports – port status and alternative export routes. (Updated 24.06.2022)
Ukrainian naval drones hit Russian Navy ship in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 4, 2023 – Ukrainian naval drones (unmanned boats) attacked a Russian naval base near Russia’s largest port...
Russia again attacks Ukrainian Danube ports exporting grain
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 2, 2023 – Russia attacked Ukraine’s Danube River grain port of Izmail in the early hours of August 2 with drones....
Three grain ships brake through Russian Black Sea blockade
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – In a show of defiance and with complete disregard for Russian threats, three merchant ships have broken...
Russia bombards Ukrainian inland Danube river port of Reni
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – In a development in the Russian war against Ukraine, Russia has attacked the inland river port of Reni. Three...
Kernel confirms grain infrastructure damage in Chornomorsk port
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – The grain trader Kernal has confirmed that on the night of July 19, a Russian missile attack damaged...
Russia and Ukraine threaten ships sailing toward the other country’s ports
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 22, 2023 – Russia and Ukraine have both said that any ships heading to the Black Sea ports of the other country may be...
Russia attacks grain infrastructure at Ukrainian seaports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 20, 2023 – On Monday July 17, Russia withdrew from the Black Sea grain deal, an agreement for Ukrainian to export...
Third day of bombardment of Ukrainian ports by Russia
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 20, 2023 – Russian missiles and drone strikes on Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Mykolaiv and Odesa continued for a third day...
Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Mikolaiv bombarded
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – Brutally retaliating for the drone attack on the Kerch Bridge, Russia bombarded the Ukrainian Black Sea port...
Russian, Ukrainian war: Kerch bridge attacked, grain deal halted
Kerch, Crimea (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – All traffic was stopped on the Russian-built Crimean Bridge after a night attack believed to be carried out with...
Russia forces Ukraine to look to Danube ports for grain exports
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – Russia continues to make Black Sea grain exports nearly impossible, so Kiev (Kyiv) must consider its inland...
Turkey’s Zonguldak port partially evacuated after “mine” threat
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – The Turkish port of Zonguldak was partially evacuated on June 24 after an alert of a suspected mine...
Romania seeks to support local grain producers in Constanta port
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – The local authorities are looking at ways to support local farmers and grain producers in the port of...
EU ports closed for vessels transferring ship-to-ship Russian oil
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – European Union (EU) governments have agreed to an 11th package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion...
Port of Valencia to support reconstruction of Ukrainian ports
València, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2023 – Oleksandr Nosenko, delegate in Valencia of the Odesa Region (Ukraine) and Serhii Bychkov, mayor of the...
Occupied Ukraine’s Sevastopol port with a multifunctional cargo terminal
Sevastopol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 21, 2023 – The city council of Sevastopol, a Ukrainian port in Crimea occupied by Russia since 2014, and Russian...
Kakhovka HPP disaster not threatening navigation in Danube region, ports of Odessa
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 14, 2023 – In the morning of June 6, Russia allegedly blew up a major dam in the Russian-occupied part of southern...
Risk of drone attacks will end LPG export via Russia’s Taman port
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) June 5, 2023 – Very high risk of air and sea drone attacks are forcing Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman to suspend the export...
Ukrainian missiles hit Russian-occupied Azov Sea port of Berdyansk
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 3, 2023 – The Ukrainian military has attacked, most likely with British-made Storm Shadow missiles, the...
Russia suspends Azov Sea agreement with Ukraine
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 2, 2023 – Russian Parliament has adopted a law on the denunciation of the 2003 Treaty between Russia and Ukraine on...