#CutTheClutter: As Ukraine & Russian Navy trade missile blows, geostrategic importance of Black Sea

As the Russia-Ukraine war stretches on, the Black Sea has emerged as a crucial theatre. Last week, Russia is reported to have attacked a civilian ship moored at Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa. Meanwhile, Ukraine claims to have used sea drones to sink two Russian vessels off Crimea, part of its continued attacks on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. In Ep 951 of Cut the Clutter — originally published 4 March 2022 — Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why the Black Sea is a geopolitical hotspot.----more----Read ‘The Russia-Ukraine Conflict, the Black Sea, and the Montreux Convention’ by Mark Nevitt here: https://www.justsecurity.org/80384/the-russia-ukraine-conflict-the-black-sea-and-the-montreux-convention/