This paper aims to assess a new path for the middle corridor of transportation for the B&R initiative. The analysis of the course update to the middle corridor can indicate the strengths and weaknesses of such a solution in the field of international logistics. A possible route of this key logistics connection for the development of trade cooperation Europe -Asia may use three strategically allocated ports. Namely: Filyos -Turkey, Odessa -Ukraine and Gdansk in Poland. The adaptation of the previously specified route seems to be unavoidable it the light of recent events. The Russia -Ukraine conflict outbreak may affect the final outline of the middle corridor of B&R initiative as it created a new logistics barrier of a military kind. Due to the sanctions in trade with Russia, bypassing its territory is in the interest of the logistics providers of Asia and Europe. For this reason, the route of the transport corridor should avoid the territory of Russia as an aggressor state which is a target of international sanctions. .