EUROPEAN STUDIES, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND SECURITY STUDIES, pages: 73 - 82, 2025

The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Security of the Black Sea Basin

Doi: https://doi.org/10.58603/TGRT2019

Rezumat: The Black Sea region over the centuries has played an important geostrategic role in the relations between the great powers. Currently, at the confluence of two universal cultures and religions, the European Christian and the Islamic, and several families of peoples, the Black Sea is a space of both convergence and collision of the interests of the riparian countries, especially those of the Russian Federation. Currently, the Black Sea Region is a strategic fault line between Russia and the NATO alliance. In the post-Cold War era, the Black Sea basin has turned into a climate of deep uncertainty about the potential strategic direction of its riparian states. The East-West divide led to a succession of conflicts that culminated in the all-out invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Russia's war against Ukraine became the most violent and consequence since World War II.
Since the beginning of the century, Russia has lost its economic, political and military influence in several countries bordering the Black Sea basin, and by seizing Crimea in 2014, the Russian Federation tried to restore its former influence. The unjustified invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in 2022 recalls the precedent of 2014, when Russia occupied part of the sovereign territory of Ukraine by military force. The illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula then allowed the Russian Black Sea fleet to practically strangle the entire region.
The emergence of the Russian-Ukrainian war has its consequences in the Black Sea basin, especially on the security of this region. Thus, by analyzing the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the main consequences on the security of the Black Sea basin will be highlighted.