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Russian forces may be approaching Odesa from land instead of sea, a defense official told reporters Friday. Forces came up through Crimea and to the Ukrainian port city Kherson and are now moving toward the port city of Mykolaiv, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said during a briefing Friday afternoon. Mykolaiv is not far from […]

The Russian forces have canceled their bid to send its four warships through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits into the Black Sea upon Turkey's request.

Four Russian vehicles participated in the assault from the Sea of Azov. 

The Russian Navy acted largely in a supporting role as Russian ground and air assault forces entered Ukraine early Thursday morning in what a senior U.S. defense official called an “initial phase” of the assault against Ukraine. The Russian force has made a three-axis assault in invading Ukraine, the official said. Forces moved south to […]

Russia launched an amphibious assault on Ukraine, bringing in thousands of naval personnel ashore, a senior defense official said Friday. The amphibious assault is underway into Ukraine, through the Sea of Azov, coming into west of Mariupol, the senior defense official told reporters. Until now, the Russian navy largely played a supporting role in the […]

An upcoming Russian naval exercise has Ukraine worried, as the United States predicts a Russian invasion of the country could come any day. The Russian exercise, which comes during continued tension between Russian and Ukraine, will block parts of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azoz and the Kerch Strait, leading the Ukraine Ministry of […]

Three more Russian Navy Amphibious warships have entered the Black Sea following a trio that entered the region on Tuesday, Istanbul-based ship spotters told USNI News. Ropucha-class ships tank landing ships RTS Georgy Pobedonosets (016), RTS Olenegorsky Gornyak (012) and the more modern Ivan Gren-class RTS Pyotr Morgunov transited the Bosporus on Wednesday. The three […]

The Russian amphibious assault ships 'Minsk,' 'Kaliningrad,' and 'Korolev' (seen here) pass through Dardanelles Strait on their way toward the Black

  A group of six Russian warships capable of landing tanks and troops ashore are nearing the entrance to the Black Sea, as the Russian Navy begins to mass ships in the Mediterranean, according to Tuesday morning photos of the warships provided to USNI News. Three Ropucha-class tank landing ships – RFS Minsk (127), RFS […]

Six Russian ships of the Northern and Baltic fleets made a port call in Tartus, Syria.