Brussels [Belgium], November 16 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO presence in the east, including in the Black Sea and the Baltic region, is defensive, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday.
Kyiv [Ukraine] November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ukrainian Navy announced on Saturday it conducted a passage exercise (PASSEX) with military vessels from the United States, Turkey, and Romania in the Black Sea.
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Aerospace Forces and the Black Sea Fleet detected and escorted four surveillance flights of NATO above the Black Sea Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
Moscow [Russia], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Russian Defense Ministry detected six NATO reconnaissance aircraft near the country's borders in the Black Sea over the past 24 hours, the ministry's Zvezda broadcaster said Friday.
Moscow [Russia], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The operations of U.S. naval ships in the Black Sea are "a destabilizing factor," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
Ankara [Turkey], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey is determined to start using the gas extracted in the Black Sea in 2023 while expanding energy prospecting, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
Moscow [Russia], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO drills in the Black Sea are related to Washington's aim to contain Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
Istanbul [Turkey], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish authorities captured 40 undocumented migrants and detained a suspected human smuggler in a boat off Turkey's biggest city Istanbul, local media reported on Wednesday.
Ankara [Turkey], November 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish police detained ten Iraqi nationals in an operation against the Islamic State (IS) group in Samsun province of the Black Sea region, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday.
Rome [Italy], October 31 (ANI/Sputnik): By sending military ships to the Black Sea waters, the US does not add stability to the regions but tries to push coastal countries toward confrontational policies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday.
Moscow [Russia], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO seeks to turn the Black Sea region into the confrontation zone, and this is very dangerous, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Friday.
Tbilisi [Georgia], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nine people were killed after a multi-block residential building collapsed in Georgia's Black Sea town of Batumi, the country's interior ministry said on Saturday.