![]() ![]() ![]() After observing a series of naval exercises conducted by Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in September 2016, Gen. This shift in the Black Sea has been clear for some time. The Ukrainian sailors remain detained in Moscow, and Oleksandr Turchynov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, has vowed that Ukrainian ships will return to the Kerch Strait. The operation was carried out by coast guard vessels under the Federal Security Service, while Su-25 fighters and Ka-52 combat helicopters from Crimea provided a showy enforcement of the blockade of the Kerch Strait leading into the Sea of Azov. 25 seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels off the coast of Crimea has underlined this return, which is one of the most important changes in the region’s maritime security relationships in the last decade. The shift was made possible by Moscow’s 2014 seizure of Crimea and subsequent buildup of combat and maritime law enforcement capabilities in the region. ![]() Russian maritime dominance in the Black Sea is back. Editor’s Note: This is the latest installment of a special series in collaboration with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, “ Black Sea’s Back.” ![]()
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