Water transport and ports

The Kirkenes fire department stopped extinguishing a Russian crab catcher, where a fire broke out on Sunday, the ship was driven away from the coast, and several explosions occurred on it at night.

The Black Sea is turning into a zone of dangerous military confrontation, NATO exercises in the region provoke conflicts. This was stated by the director of the Fourth European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov has successfully fired a Zircon hypersonic missile at a ground target, as the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

A coronavirus outbreak has occurred aboard the British Navy's flagship Queen Elizabeth.

The official opening ceremony of the international exercises Sea Breeze-2021 was held in Odessa on Monday, the broadcast was conducted on the Ukrainian Navy's Facebook page.

Romania is in favor of increasing the number of US troops and the coalition to "contain" Russia in the Black Sea region, said Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu.

The Russian Embassy in the United States called the statements of the Pentagon spokesman in connection with the incident with the British destroyer Defender in the Black Sea as unsubstantiated.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova called London's reaction to the situation with the British destroyer "a lie to the face".

The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain announced after the violation of the Russian border by the destroyer of the country that the Navy ship was making an innocent passage through the territorial waters of Ukraine.

According to the Senator from the Crimean region, the entry of a British destroyer into the territorial waters of the Russian Federation near Crimea is a flagrant violation of international norms and standards.

Naval maneuvers in the Pacific Ocean started in Russia. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense.

The fire broke out on an auxiliary vessel of the Iranian naval forces in the waters off the southern part of the country, the fire could not be extinguished, and the ship sank.

The British destroyer URO D35 Dragon did not participate in any incidents in the Crimea region in October 2020. It was said by the British Ministry of Defense after the statement about the expulsion of the British ship from Russian territorial waters.

The newest power plant of the Russian submarine of the Lada project makes it so silent that it is almost impossible to notice the approach of the submarine.

Alexander Molokhov, head of the working group on international legal issues at the permanent representation of the Crimea under the President of the Russian Federation, called the comparison of the Black Sea with NATO's "lake" a "provocative stunt".