Intensifying attacks by Russia and Ukraine ahead of the winter are further endangering navigational safety in the Black Sea, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday, adding that world powers must not allow the region to be turned into a new front in the war.

The crew of a merchant ship was missing on Tuesday after the vessel sank in the Black Sea off NATO member Bulgaria following a drone strike that Prime Minister Rumen Radev described as a gross violation of international law.

Russia launched a major combined attack on Ukraine on Wednesday, using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and combat drones to batter its smaller neighbour on the occasion of President Vladimir

One vessel sank at the scene and there was no immediate word on the crew’s fate, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said. The second vessel caught fire after the attack.

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Russia has begun sabotage operations against Danish companies supplying Ukraine after concluding that broader disruption efforts failed to curb Western military support for the country,

Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack across Ukraine overnight into 7 October, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 30. Kyiv, Pryluky, Kremenchuk and several other cities were struck as Moscow used ballistic and cruise missiles alongside 130 attack drones,