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Commercial shipping across the Black Sea is being squeezed from both directions as Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian ports and vessels while Kyiv’s drone campaign forces new restrictions at Russia’s largest maritime gateways. Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that its forces struck port infrastructure and ships in Odesa and Chornomorsk. It claimed a …