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A missile was launched at the Russian Black Sea Fleet stationed in occupied Sevastopol on April 21, the city’s Russian-installed governor has said. In a post on Telegram, Mikhail Razvozhayev claimed an anti-ship missile had been “repelled” and “fragments caused a small fire, which was quickly extinguished.” Unverified video posted to social media appeared to show a Russian naval vessel on fire and local media reported the Crimea bridge had been closed. A source in Ukraine’s military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent that information on the strike was still being clarified. Sevastopol is h...
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Russia’s war against Ukraine is shattering the conventions of warfare in many ways. One of the most illustrative examples is the systematic destruction of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF) by Ukraine, a country that has virtually no navy of its own. The Ukrainian military’s use of coastal missile systems, air-launched cruise missiles, and sea and air drones has forced Russia to up its Black Sea port defenses and create a naval base in Russian-occupied Abkhazia. An early symbol of humiliation was the destruction of the Russian cruiser Moskva, the BSF’s flagship, by Ukrainian Neptune missiles in mi...
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Russia is trying to strengthen the defense of its Novorossiysk port against possible Ukrainian attacks, the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its daily update on March 31. "Recent imagery analysis has identified four barges positioned at the entrance to the Black Sea Fleet facility of Novorossiysk Sea Port. This is an effort to enhance the defenses of the port against attacks from Ukrainian Uncrewed Surface Vessels," reads the update. The port of Novorossiysk is now crucial in sheltering the Russian Black Sea Fleet's "most valuable assets" due to an increased risk of Ukrainian strikes on their "tr...
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Editor's Note: This is a developing story. Ukraine struck two Russian Ropucha-class landing ships, "Yamal" and "Azov," in occupied Crimea in the late hours of March 23, Ukraine's Armed Forces confirmed on March 24. The attack also hit some Black Sea Fleet infrastructure in Crimea and a Russian military communication center, the Ukrainian military said. In recent months, Ukraine has intensified its attacks on occupied Crimea, targeting Russian military assets in and around the Black Sea. Russia has illegally occupied the peninsula since 2014. "Yamal," with 98 crew members, and "Azov," with 87 c...
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Key developments on March 21: Russian missile attack on Kyiv injures at least 13, including childRussia continues to redeploy Black Sea Fleet from Crimea, Ukraine promises ‘new steps’ to target itEstonia unveils $22 million defense packageOfficial: Russia fires at occupied Kherson Oblast infrastructure in 'provocation' act, causes outagesRussian media: Krasnodar Krai to close 2 prisons after inmates leave to fight in UkraineRussian forces launched dozens of missiles towards Kyiv early in the morning of March 21, injuring at least 13 people and causing damage to homes and infrastructure through...
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Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, commander of the Russian Navy, has been replaced with Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev, Fontanka, a Russian news outlet, and Russian newspaper Izvestiya reported on March 10, citing unnamed sources. The news comes amid reports that around 20% of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet had been destroyed as of December 2023. Previously Moiseyev had been the commander of Russia's Northern Fleet. Yevmenov, who had been the commander of the Russian Navy since May 2019, is still listed on the Defense Ministry's website. The Russian Defense Ministry did not comment on the alleged replacement. U...
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Key developments on March 5: Military intelligence: Russia's Sergey Kotov patrol vessel destroyed near CrimeaInternational Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russian military commandersDeputy minister: Ukraine can produce 150,000 drones per monthUkraine charges 2 Russian soldiers with murdering a civilian in Bucha in 2022A patrol ship from Russia's Black Sea Fleet, Sergey Kotov, was hit and destroyed in an overnight attack orchestrated by Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), the agency said on March 5. Reports of the attack on the Russian vessel came following nighttime explosi...
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Russian forces were planning to place an anti-aircraft missile system on the Sergey Kotov patrol vessel, reportedly destroyed on March 5, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The military intelligence agency confirmed earlier today that the Project 22160 patrol ship was hit by Ukrainian Magura V5 naval drones and sunk off the coast of occupied Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry is yet to comment on the incident. "This is a new ship worth more than $60 million. Ships of this type entered the service in 2017, and the enemy had pl...
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Editor's note: This is a developing story. A patrol ship from Russia's Black Sea Fleet, Sergey Kotov, was hit and destroyed in an overnight attack orchestrated by Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), the agency said on March 5. Reports of the attack on the Russian vessel came after nighttime explosions on the occupied peninsula, amid which the Kerch Bridge was shut down. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that 38 drones had been destroyed over Crimea. Several Ukrainian media outlets reported earlier today that the Russian vessel was hit by Ukrainian naval drones. According to Ukrain...
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Editor's Note: This is a developing story and will continue to be updated. The Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov was sunk in the Black Sea in the morning of Feb. 14, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces confirmed. The General Staff said it was a joint operation between Ukraine's military intelligence and the armed forces. Ukraine's military intelligence later shared a video of the attack and said it had been carried out off of the Crimean city of Alupka with Magura V5 naval drones. It claimed that Russian search and rescue operations were unsuccessful. It is the fourth landing ship fr...
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