The RF Rescue Ship of the Russian

This is the first placement of a ship of this class in the port of Okramchir. According to experts, such an opportunity indicates that Russians can deploy in the port and carriers of "calibers". From July 3 to July 5, 2024, one of the search and rescue auxiliary ships of the project 22870 from the composition of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation was recorded in the port of Okramchir, on a temporarily occupied part of Georgia. This was reported on July 10 by Naval News.

It is noted that this fact is confirmed by satellite images and became the first case of deployment of ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation on this base, where only the patrol boats of the coast guard of the FSB were still housed.

British observers drew attention to this event, assuming that the military command of the Russian Federation, transferring a vessel to the port in the temporarily occupied territory of Georgia, tries to protect it from possible attacks of marine drones of defense forces of Ukraine aimed at the Navy in Novorossiysk. This decision may indicate the plans of the Russian Federation gradually translate larger ships such as missile frigates and large landing ships.

In addition, during the USSR, the base of the submarines was located in Okamchyr, so it is likely that Russian invaders seek to restore and expand the functionality of this base. "Although the port is relatively small, it may well take several larger warships. Among them may be landing ships or frigates. Large ships can be snapped to the key, as is done in this case to increase the number of moorings," the newspaper writes.

According to Defense Express experts, the 22870 project belonged to the Vasyl Bech Ship, sunk for Ukrainian forces near the island of Snake in June 2022. "If Russian invaders have been able to place a large search and rescue vessel in Okramir, it means that they have a technical opportunity to place small missile ships in the same harbor under" caliber ". Which, in turn, is a symptomatic signal that should Special attention, " - experts emphasized.