Latest Ukraine Headlines
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Ukraine Starts Registering Ships for Black Sea Corridor: Agency
Aug 14 2023 // Ukraine, which is seeking to form safe shipping routes in the Black Sea, has started registering ships willing to use the corridor it announced earlier this week, a local news agency said on Saturday [Aug. 12]. Ukraine on...
Ukraine Announces ‘Humanitarian Corridor’ for Ships Stuck in Black Sea Ports
Aug 11 2023 // Ukraine announced a “humanitarian corridor” in the Black Sea on Thursday to release cargo ships trapped in its ports since the outbreak of war, a new test of Russia’s de facto blockade since Moscow...
Ukraine’s Drone Attack Hasn’t Yet Jolted Insurance Costs for Black Sea Oil Carriers
Aug 8 2023 // A drone attack on a Russian oil tanker and a warning from Kyiv that more could follow has so far had little impact on insurance costs for oil and commodity carriers in the key Black Sea region, as rates were already...
Ukraine Black Sea Attacks Signal Expanding War; Russia Insurance Costs Likely to Rise
Aug 7 2023 // The footprint of President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is growing fast after a weekend in which sea drones crippled a Russian naval vessel and an oil tanker. For the first time, the attacks put at risk...
Romania Expects to Clear Danube Logjam After Ukraine Attack; Insurers Remain Wary
Aug 4 2023 // Romania expects around 30 ships from Ukraine to clear customs on the Danube River over the next two days as it bids to clear a logjam in the aftermath of Wednesday’s Russian attack on Ukraine’s main river port...
Ukraine Weighs Insuring Ships Going via ‘Grain Corridor’: Interfax-Ukraine
Aug 3 2023 // Ukraine is considering the possibility of insuring ships going through the “grain corridor,” news agency Interfax-Ukraine reported on Thursday, citing Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “Now we are discussing...
Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Danube Port. Kyiv Says Aim Is to Intimidate Insurers, Shippers.
Aug 3 2023 // Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramped up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain. The drone...
Inside EU, No Clear Financial Options Exist to Reduce Ukraine Grain Transport Costs
Jul 28 2023 // The European Commission has no immediate money in the budget and no clear way to help finance the extra transport costs Ukrainian grain exports will face with the end of the Black Sea deal, sources told Reuters, leaving an...
Russia’s Danube Attacks Threaten Ukraine Grain Exports; Ports’ Insurance Rates Rise
Jul 26 2023 // Russian air strikes on Ukrainian grain facilities on the Danube this week threaten a vital river route for Kyiv’s exports, as Moscow seeks to tighten the noose around a key sector of the economy days after abandoning...
Nearly 30 Ships Drop Anchor Near Ukraine’s Crucial Izmail Port After Russian Air Strikes
Jul 25 2023 // Almost 30 ships dropped anchor near Ukraine’s crucial Izmail port terminal after Russia destroyed grain warehouses on the Danube River on Monday, data showed, although it was unclear exactly what had caused them to...
Black Sea Shipping Traffic Drops 35% After Russia, Ukraine Warnings
Jul 21 2023 // The number of ships looking to pick up grain cargoes from the Black Sea area has fallen 35% this week versus the previous week with growing uncertainty over whether commercial traffic could be hit as Russia continues to...
Black Sea Threats Escalate as Ukraine Warns on Russian Ships
Jul 21 2023 // Ukraine said any ships heading to Russian ports may be military targets, a tit-for-tat response to a threat from Moscow that escalates the war’s risk to global food markets. Since Moscow halted the Black Sea...
Ukraine Grain Now Relies on a River That’s Drying in the Drought
Jul 21 2023 // The threat of Russian aggression towards Ukraine’s Black Sea ports and ships will force the country to export its enormous quantities of grain by river, road and rail — all of which are fraught with...
Ukraine Setting Up Temporary Shipping Route After Russia Grain Deal Exit: Official Letter
Jul 20 2023 // Ukraine is setting up a temporary shipping route to maintain grain shipments after Russia quit a deal allowing Ukrainian exports via a UN-backed safe corridor in the Black Sea, Kyiv said on Wednesday. Russia attacked...
Russia Issues Warning to Any Ships Traveling to Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports
Jul 20 2023 // Russia warned that from Thursday any ships traveling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be seen as possibly carrying military cargoes, after Ukraine said it was setting up a temporary shipping route to try and...
Ukraine Plea to Keep Grain Moving Clashes With Reality Facing Insurers, Shippers
Jul 19 2023 // Ukraine is pushing for grain exports to continue from key ports following Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal. Insurers and shippers aren’t so sure. Russia’s termination of the pact this...
Ideas Are ‘Being Floated’ on How to Get Ukraine, Russia Grain to World: UN
Jul 19 2023 // There are a “number of ideas being floated” to help get Ukrainian and Russian grain and fertilizer to global markets after Moscow quit a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, the United...
Ukraine Cargo Insurance Policy Suspended After Russia Quits Grain Deal: Marsh
Jul 18 2023 // A cargo insurance facility providing cover for Ukraine grain shipments via a safe sea corridor has been suspended after Russia quit the United Nations-backed agreement, broker Marsh said on Tuesday. Moscow has withdrawn...
Russian Hackers Lured Embassy Workers in Ukraine With Fake Used-Car Advert
Jul 12 2023 // Hackers suspected of working for Russia’s foreign intelligence agency targeted dozens of diplomats at embassies in Ukraine with a fake used car advert in a bid to break into their computers, according to a...
Ukraine Finance Chief Sees Urgent Need for War-Risk Insurance
Jul 7 2023 // Ukraine’s wartime defense spending will remain high next year, underscoring the need for allies to provide war-risk insurance to help attract investment, the nation’s finance minister said. “Without...
