Ukraine War

Here is gCaptain’s full coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.


Saturday, July 23, 2022
Russian Missiles Hit Ukraine Port, Putting Landmark Grain Deal At Risk
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Russian Missiles Hit Ukraine Port, Putting Landmark Grain Deal At Risk

By Natalia Zinets KYIV, July 23 (Reuters) – Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa on Saturday, the Ukrainian military

July 23, 2022
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Friday, July 22, 2022
Ukraine’s Path to Exporting Grain Involves Clearing Mines, Finding Ships and Trusting Putin
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Ukraine’s Path to Exporting Grain Involves Clearing Mines, Finding Ships and Trusting Putin

By Megan Durisin, Áine Quinn and Alberto Nardelli (Bloomberg) — Ukraine finally secured a deal aimed at restarting crucial Black Sea grain exports that

July 22, 2022
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US Navy Ships Stay Home As NATO Flexes Black Sea Muscle
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US Navy Ships Stay Home As NATO Flexes Black Sea Muscle

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Every year, the US Navy sails warships into the Black Sea as part of Sea Breeze 2022 an annual joint military exercise with Romania

July 22, 2022
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Russia and Ukraine Sign Deal to Restore Grain Exports
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Russia and Ukraine Sign Deal to Restore Grain Exports

By Ezgi Erkoyun and Max Hunder ISTANBUL/KYIV, July 22 (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on Friday to reopen Ukrainian Black

July 22, 2022
Total Views: 982

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
A bulk carrier departs the Port of Odessa prior to the war. Image courtesy VolodymyrT / Shutterstock.com
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Ship Insurers Seek Greater Assurances on Ukraine Grain Corridor

LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – Insurers will only be willing to cover ships sailing through a proposed corridor to get Ukrainian grain out if there are

July 20, 2022
Total Views: 772

Monday, July 18, 2022
Meeting on Resuming Ukrainian Grain Exports Likely This Week
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Meeting on Resuming Ukrainian Grain Exports Likely This Week

ANKARA, July 18 (Reuters) – Officials from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations will most likely meet this week to discuss resuming

July 18, 2022
Total Views: 796

Friday, July 15, 2022
Russian Proposal to Resume Ukrainian Grain Exports ‘Largely Supported’
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Russian Proposal to Resume Ukrainian Grain Exports ‘Largely Supported’

July 15 (Reuters) – Russia’s proposals on how to resume Ukrainian grain exports were “largely supported” by negotiators at talks this

July 15, 2022
Total Views: 2231

A satellite image shows a closeup of bulk carrier ship loading grain at the port of Sevastopol, Crimea May 19, 2022
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Crimea Shipping Surge Points to Stealing of Ukraine Grain

By Áine Quinn (Bloomberg) — The Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea is shipping more than 50 times the volume of food it usually does at this time

July 15, 2022
Total Views: 1500

Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Progress Reported in Ukrainian Grain Export Talks
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Progress Reported in Ukrainian Grain Export Talks

By Beril Akman, Megan Durisin and Daryna Krasnolutska (Bloomberg) — Negotiations over unblocking millions of tons of Ukraine’s grain exports were

July 13, 2022
Total Views: 1628

Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Ukraine Starts Shipping Grain Via Danube River
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Ukraine Starts Shipping Grain Via Danube River

July 12 (Reuters) – Ukraine sparked hopes Tuesday for an increase in grain exports despite Russia’s blockade of Black Sea ports, noting that

July 12, 2022
Total Views: 2610

Monday, July 11, 2022
WATCH Russia’s Secret Logistics Network To Steal Ukrainian Grain
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WATCH Russia’s Secret Logistics Network To Steal Ukrainian Grain

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Moscow is ready to negotiate with Ukraine and Turkey about grain exports but it is unclear when these

July 11, 2022
Total Views: 3221

Friday, July 8, 2022
ship loads grain at the port of Odessa, Ukraine
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U.S. Urges Russia To Unblock Grain Ports

By Pavel Polityuk (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Western allies on Friday urged Russia to allow Kyiv to ship grain out to the world as the four-month-old

July 8, 2022
Total Views: 2093

Thursday, July 7, 2022
Ukraine Grain Train Loading
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Danube Port Links To Ukraine Grain Train

By Andra Timu and Irina Vilcu (Bloomberg) Romania reopened a Soviet-era rail link connecting its Danube River port of Galati to Ukraine a month earlier than

July 7, 2022
Total Views: 2145

Russian-flagged oil tanker Pegas docked in Greece.Picture taken January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik
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Black Sea Oil Port Halts On Russian Court Order

By Sherry Su (Bloomberg) A Russian court order to halt oil loadings from a port in the Black Sea has unnerved European crude traders already reeling from the

July 7, 2022
Total Views: 2335

Russian Missile Hits Abandoned Tanker
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Russian Missile Hits Abandoned Tanker

KYIV, July 7 (Reuters) – A Russian missile has hit a tanker that has been drifting in the Black Sea for over four months and had been carrying

July 7, 2022
Total Views: 6951

Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Kyiv Asks Turkey to Probe Three More Russian Ships It Alleges Transported Stolen Grain
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Kyiv Asks Turkey to Probe Three More Russian Ships It Alleges Transported Stolen Grain

By Jonathan Spicer and Reade Levinson ISTANBUL, July 6 (Reuters) – Ukraine has asked Turkey to help investigate three Russian-flagged ships as

July 6, 2022
Total Views: 3661

Tuesday, July 5, 2022
sea of Azov grain port
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Russian Separatists Seize Cargo Ships

By Jonathan Saul (Reuters) Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying they are now

July 5, 2022
Total Views: 123936

Monday, July 4, 2022
Turkey Investigates Origin Of Grain Aboard Russian Ship
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Turkey Investigates Origin Of Grain Aboard Russian Ship

By Selcan Hacaoglu and Firat Kozok Jul 4, 2022 (Bloomberg) –Turkey has begun an investigation into the origin of grain aboard a Russian ship

July 4, 2022
Total Views: 3737

Ukraine Flag Grain
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Ukraine Flag Raised On Reclaimed Snake Island 

KYIV, July 4 (Reuters) – The Ukrainian flag has been raised again on Snake Island in the Black Sea, Ukraine’s military said on Monday,

July 4, 2022
Total Views: 1701

Friday, July 1, 2022
Zhibek Zholy cargo ship underway
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Ukraine Asks Turkey to Detain Russian-Flagged Ship Carrying Ukrainian Grain

By Jonathan Saul and Jonathan Spicer LONDON/ISTANBUL, July 1 (Reuters) – Ukraine has requested that Turkey detain and arrest the

July 1, 2022
Total Views: 5891