Russian Navy Conducts Live Fire Exercise in Black Sea

The Russian Navy conducted a live fire exercise in the northwest Black Sea, destroying a target ship with anti-ship cruise missiles. This comes after Russia declared cargo ships traveling to Ukrainian ports as potential military targets and scrapped a grain exports deal with Ukraine. Moscow has also designated certain areas in the Black Sea as temporarily dangerous for passage, warning of risks to establishing shipment routes without its participation. Despite this, Ukraine remains prepared to continue grain exports through its southern ports.