WorldBattle in the Black Sea: Russia and Ukraine intensify attacks on shipping

Russia is stepping up efforts to choke Ukraine’s commercial connections with the outside world through waves of attacks along the country’s Black Sea coast. Ukraine’s port administration says Russian forces attacked civilian vessels 57 times last month. Ports including Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi, once busy with shipping, are now nearly empty. International vessels have been attacked before, but the report says the strikes have never been so numerous or deadly.