Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

“The Black Sea Fleet ... has demonstrated a lack of seriousness ... the Russian-occupied Snake Island in May and June damaged or destroyed several smaller landing and transport ships the ...

Ukraine has claimed it shot down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet in the Black Sea using a seaborne drone for the first time.

Russian authorities reported a massive Ukrainian attack on Sevastopol over the weekend but didn't acknowledge any damage to the fleet ... in the Black Sea before the war have been destroyed ...

The Ukrainian military said that it destroyed Russia's "last cruise missile carrier" in the Black Sea during a successful operation on the Moscow-occupied Crimean Peninsula last weekend, dealing a ...

British Secretary of State for Defense Grant Shapps in December wrote on social media platform X that Ukraine had destroyed 20% of Russia’s Black Sea fleet during its four-month campaign.

Ukrainian grain silos destroyed in an attack ... with Ukraine initially claiming that the commander of the Black Sea Fleet Viktor Sokolov died in the strike. However, Sokolov appeared in a ...

“They, too, were destroyed by Black Sea Fleet helicopters.” Posts by leading Russian ‘milbloggers’ on Telegram, say Ukraine is calculating Russia to pull back many of its leading air ...

The Black Fleet command also pulled almost all ... The strike by earlier versions of Ukraine’s Sea Baby drone destroyed two sections of roadway that took months to repair. The Ukrainians have ...