Latest "Black Sea" stories

A U.S. MQ-9 drone is on display during an air show at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018.

US, Russia ratchet up their rhetoric over downing of drone

The Kremlin said Moscow would try to recover the wreckage of the drone from the Black Sea.

10 days ago

Russian jet, US drone crash over Black Sea, US military says

The incident marked the first time that an unsafe interaction with Russian aircraft caused a U.S. drone to crash.

By Rachel S. Cohen and Joe Gould

11 days ago

US holds fire on reports of Turkey’s second S-400 shipment

The U.S. warned against further engagement with Russia’s defense sector amid reports Turkey will move forward with a second S-400 batch.

By Bryant Harris, Joe Gould and Burak Ege Bekdil

7 months ago

Prepping for a maritime fight

The Air Force is preparing for a new era in maritime operations, taking on a larger role in surface warfare as the U.S. casts a wary eye at China and Russia.

By Rachel S. Cohen

16 months ago

B-1B Lancer bombers return to Texas from European deployment

The bombers depart as tensions rise in Eastern Europe over Russian aggression and a migrant crisis.

By Rachel S. Cohen

16 months ago

Moscow won’t invade Ukraine — unless provoked: Russian envoy

Russia has cast its weight behind a separatist insurgency in Ukraine’s east that erupted shortly after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and has caused more than 14,000 deaths.

By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press

17 months ago