Drone strikes reportedly struck Odesa, hitting residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure, according to Serhii Lysak, head of the city’s administration. The incident comes after Russia has repeatedly targeted Odesa, Ukraine’s key Black Sea port, since the war began more than four years ago, on Feb. 24, 2022.
Rising temperatures in Bulgaria’s Black Sea are suffocating mussels, forcing farmers like Nayden Stanev to overhaul how they seed and harvest—timing work and moving to cooler depths. But even these adjustments can’t fully cancel the threat as warmer waters continue to spread, leaving livelihoods tied to a changing sea.
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Vladimir Putin warned that Russia may “cut off Ukraine from the sea” after Kyiv’s underwater drone strike hit two tankers tied to Russia’s “shadow fleet” in the Black Sea. Moscow said it will consider retaliatory measures against ships linked to countries supporting Ukraine and plans to expand strikes on Ukrainian ports and vessels approaching them.
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