"Attempt to protect": Russia removes its ships from the occupied Crimea - isw

Analysts believe that the strikes of Ukraine on the Russian Navy are forcing the Russian Federation to remove their vessels, but the occupiers will probably continue to use the port in Sevastopol. Several ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation were transferred from the port in a temporarily occupied Crimea to the port of Novorossiysk, in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation. This is stated in the report of the Institute of War Study (ISW) of October 4.

Analysts noted that the Russian military transferred from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk at least 10 ships. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation recently taken away from the Crimea frigates "Admiral Makarov" and "Admiral Essen", three diesel submarines, five landing ships and several small rocket ships. The report also mentions that in the satellite images of October 2, the Russian patrol ship of the project 22160 first appeared in the port of Feodosia.

According to analysts, the Russians are probably swept over the Sevastopol Sevastopol units to bases in a deeper rear. The authors of the report believe that the removal of ships from the occupied peninsula is probably "an attempt to protect them from strikes of Ukraine in Russian facilities in occupied Crimea.

" "Perhaps, Russian troops temporarily transfer some ships to Novorossiysk after numerous strokes on the Black Sea Flea in Sevastopol and its surroundings, but most likely they will continue to use the port of Sevastopol, which remains the base of the Black Sea Fleet," the report reads. An independent analyst and former Navy Navy Officer Parda Arr Iversen pointed out that after Ukrainian attacks, the deployment of Russian ships is usually activated, but then returns to the usual regime.