List of Black Sea incidents involving Russia and Ukraine
The following is a list of Black Sea incidents involving Russia and Ukraine since 2003 with the Tuzla Island conflict and is followed by the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, part of the Ukrainian crisis.
2003
In October, Russia started to build a dam from the Taman Peninsula towards Tuzla island in Ukraine (near Crimea) without any preliminary consultations with the Ukrainian government. After the construction of the 3.8 km long dam was stopped at the Russian-Ukrainian border.[1] The construction of the dam caused the increased intensity of stream in the strait and deterioration of the Ukrainian Tuzla island. To save the island from deterioration, the Ukrainian authorities financed ground works to deepen the bed of the strait.
The aim for building a dam was to stop Russian ships from having to pay a toll to Ukraine while crossing the
In late 2003, Ukraine and Russia agreed that the strait of Kerch became shared internal waters of both countries. The tensions ended in 2014 after Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula.
2015
On June 3, the
2017
On January 27, the Ukrainian diving support vessel Pochaiv was hit by sniper fire from the Tavrida drilling platform, originally operated by Chernomorneftegaz, being seized by Russian forces in 2014.[3]
On February 1, a
2018
On 21 September, a Russian
On 25 November three Ukrainian navy vessels which attempted to redeploy from
2019
In the summer, Russia blocked many areas without having first filed any such requests, thus interrupting navigation and nearly blocking international shipping to and from Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine. On July 24, Russia blocked off 120 thousand square kilometers—nearly 25 percent of the entire Black Sea surface.[8]
On 10 July, despite a coastal notification for seafarers regarding the closure of the area for conducting the international exercise Sea Breeze 2019, the destroyer Smetlivy, a ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, entered at about 08:00 on July 10, an area closed to navigation, where practical naval artillery shooting was conducted by a naval group of an international coalition, and provoked a dangerous situation.[9]
In August, the Ukrainian Navy small reconnaissance ship Pereyaslav during their trip to Georgia to participate in exercise Agile Spirit 2019 and while in neutral waters, crew received a warning over the radio from a Russian navy ship. The Russians warned that the Ukrainians needed to turn away because the area was allegedly blocked. International coordinators did not confirm that fact, so the captain of the Pereyaslav decided to maintain the vessel along its original course. Soon thereafter, the Kasimov, a large Russian anti-submarine corvette, Project 1124M/Grisha V-class, was spotted near the Ukrainian ship. The Russian corvette's aggressive behavior only ceased when a Turkish reconnaissance plane arrived close to the Pereyaslav.[10] This incident was filmed by a Ukrainian team of military journalists as part of the Ukrainian delegation participating in the exercise.[11]
On 14 November, during the Third International Conference for Maritime Security in Odesa, Ukrainian Navy commander Admiral Ihor Voronchenko said that a Russian
See also
References
- ^ "Russia-Ukraine Ties Founder on the Shore of Tiny Isle". Los Angeles Times. 2003-11-03. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ "Ukrainian military sailors and frontier guard prevent provocations of RF combat ship". mil.gov.ua. Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2020. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ "Russian snipers attack Ukraine's Pochaiv ship from seized Chornomornaftohaz rig, - Ukrainian Naval Forces. PHOTOS". Censor.NET.
- ^ a b "Russian Military Forces Fire on Ukrainian Vessel and Aircraft Within Ukraine's Exclusive Economic Zone in the Black Sea - RWR Advisory Group". Rwradvisory.com. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- ^ "Russian Su-27 fighter jet buzzes Ukrainian warships (Video)". www.unian.info.
- ^ Osborn, Andrew; Polityuk, Pavel (25 November 2018). "Russia seizes Ukrainian ships near annexed Crimea after firing on them". Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- UNIAN(25 November 2018)
- ^ "Росія перекрила чверть Чорного моря". July 26, 2019.
- ^ "Russian ship enters closed area of Sea Breeze 2019 exercise". www.ukrinform.net.
- ^ "Russia's Black Sea Dominance Strategy—A Blend of Military and Civilian Assets". Jamestown.
- ^ "РЕКРУТ.UA: МОРПІХИ. 1 СЕРІЯ - Конфлікт у Чорному морі" – via www.youtube.com.