Ukraine: Russia’s Black Sea fleet has taken measures to avoid losing more ships

At the end of March, Ukraine announced that it had attacked two ships and a Russian communications center in Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula. Russia confirmed that one person was killed in what it described as a massive attack.

According to Dmytro Pletenschuk, spokesman for the Ukrainian navy, only the “loser ship” Tsiklon was left in Crimea after the attack.

After the attack in question, Pletenschuk was clear that Ukraine had no plans to stop the attacks, as their ultimate goal is a “complete absence of military ships from the so-called Russian Federation in the regions of the Sea of ​​Azov and the Black Sea”.

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The Black Sea Fleet is missing

Now, a month later, the attacks continue. Russia claims to have shot down six US-made ATACMS missiles on the Crimean Peninsula, and the Ukrainian Navy reports that the Russian Black Sea Fleet is missing, according to Newsweek.

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Now it appears that Russia has moved the warships of the Black Sea Fleet away from the port on the Crimean Peninsula to avoid future losses as a result of successful Ukrainian drone and missile attacks.

According to the Ukrainian navy, Russia should not have a single warship out in either the Black Sea or the Sea of ​​Azov for fear of losing more ships.

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Russia’s navy has had a lot to grapple with since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Dmytro Pletentjsuk has previously stated that Ukrainian forces have sunk or destroyed a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea.

The Russian naval leadership has received sharp criticism from Russian military bloggers and media for how they have handled the Ukrainian attacks.

Earlier in March, several Russian media reported that the head of the navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, had been dismissed and replaced by Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev. This has not been officially confirmed by the Kremlin, but last week Moiseyev was presented as acting naval commander.