21466288 - Black Sea Maps Exp THUMB 1 .jpg
Video Ad Feedback
Russia’s Black Sea strategy is key to understanding the war in Ukraine. See how.

From Russia’s 2008 war in Georgia to its annexation of Crimea in 2014 and subsequent full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Black Sea region has been key to Putin’s efforts to restore Russian power and influence after the fall of the Soviet Union. RUSI’s Dr Neil Melvin explains why the Black Sea is so strategically important to Russia.

2:41 • Source: CNN
World News 11 videos
21466288 - Black Sea Maps Exp THUMB 1 .jpg
Video Ad Feedback
Russia’s Black Sea strategy is key to understanding the war in Ukraine. See how.
02:41
Now playing
• Source: CNN
thumbnail hunger strike india 1.jpg
Video Ad Feedback
Two weeks of hunger in protest of India's exam system
02:12
Now playing
• Source: CNN
16x9_vid.00_00_00_00.Still001.jpg
Video Ad Feedback
American detained in China for more than 600 Days
02:14
Now playing
• Source: CNN
16x9_vid.00_00_30_11.Still001.jpg
Video Ad Feedback
Beijing cracks down on AI companions
01:28
Now playing
• Source: CNN
trump hormuz.jpg
Video Ad Feedback
Trump rescinds toll plan for ships in Strait of Hormuz
01:10
Now playing
• Source: CNN
22801010 - planes seine water 16x9.00_00_35_04.Still001.jpg
Video Ad Feedback
Planes scoop water from River Seine to fight wildfires
00:47
Now playing
• Source: CNN
thumb_22801739_43299.164_thumb.jpg
Video Ad Feedback
Israeli settlers attack journalists on anniversary of deadly West Bank beating
04:36
Now playing
• Source: CNN
OnLocation_Odyssey_2.jpg
Video Ad Feedback
Traveling back to Ancient Greece, but in Scotland
02:49
Now playing
• Source: CNN
22801494 - Land sea drone 16x9 CL.00_00_34_15.Still002.jpg
Video Ad Feedback
Ukraine releases video of amphibious attack drone
00:45
Now playing
• Source: CNN
russian strike 1.jpg
Video Ad Feedback
Sisters cling to each other during Russian strike
00:23
Now playing
• Source: CNN
clipped thumbnail - karadsheh-police-antisemitism-uk-intldsk - CNN ID 22801032 - 00:02:21;21
Video Ad Feedback
On patrol with police protecting London's Jewish areas
03:36
Now playing
• Source: CNN