Ukraine Recap: NATO Says It’s Stepping Up Black Sea Surveillance

NATO said it’s stepping up surveillance and reconnaissance in the Black Sea region, including with patrol aircraft and drones, as the military alliance condemned Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports and grain storage facilities.

(Bloomberg) — NATO said it’s stepping up surveillance and reconnaissance in the Black Sea region, including with patrol aircraft and drones, as the military alliance condemned Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports and grain storage facilities.

While officials gathered for a meeting of the new NATO-Ukraine Council, Russia launched dozens of missile strikes on Ukraine through the day and into the evening. Ukrainian officials said most of the incoming missiles were shot down. Despite several hits and “damage from falling debris,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his evening address that “the audacity of this attack was destroyed.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to meet with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, after holding talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as delegations arrive for the second Russia-Africa summit. The two-day event in St. Petersburg opens Thursday and the Kremlin has said 17 heads of state are to take part, along with lower-level officials from as many as 49 countries.

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