In the video you can see port structures that have almost not changed from the fall of 2023, when it became first known about the possible transfer of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia. Defense Express experts explored recording and evaluated the possibility of Russian ships on a new maritime base. In the video shot by Georgian activists, you can see the port and bay in Okemchyr, taken from a height of ten meters. At some point, a truck appears in the frame that drives or exports a load.
Particularly active movement of ships is not noticeable - the UAV showed three vessels. The authors of the recording told in a comment to the portal "Echo of the Caucasus" that the Russian authorities accelerated a new maritime base and preparing to put it into operation in 2024. "On the footage provided by our friends from Sukhumi, it is clear that the port of Okramir continues the construction process.
Already this year the port must be put into operation, but as a military port that will accept Russian warships. The Russians work, construction equipment is moving along The perimeter is a fairly active process of port preparation, " - said Georgian activists. Experts compared the Google Maps satellite, made in October 2022, depicting a port made in March 2024. In their view, no new buildings are noticeable.
Instead, you can clearly see a carbon platform from which smuggling coal "under the control of the FSB of the Russian Federation". The new building on the territory of the port really appeared, but began to be built in 2021, - explained in the article. In addition, experts have expressed doubts that the terrain is suitable for the relocation of the entire Black Sea Fleet (which remained 51 ships) and that some preparation is still going. Doubts are based on two considerations.
First, the area of the bay in Okamchyr is too small-about 200 square meters. m. Second, the degree of reconstruction of the port can be evaluated for a photo of the port in the Caspian Sea, where the Russian Federation relocated the Caspian flotilla. In the photos made in 2015 and 2021, you can see significant processing. However, there is nothing like this in Okramir.
Experts also noted that for some reason the Kremlin does not worry that the new port would be too close to NATO: Turkish military bases, an alliance member, located 180 km. It should be noted that the distance from Okramchi to the Ukrainian shore is about 900 km. It should be noted that during the two years of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation lost 14 ships (out of 65) and one submarine (from seven).
One of the first most sensible losses is the Moscow cruiser, which the Ukrainians were allowed to the bottom with the help of the Neptune installation. Thereafter, rocket launchers and patrol ships of the Black Sea Fleet was then damaged at some frequency. The last strikes of Ukraine's defense force were struck in the first months of 2024: in particular, it was then that the Russian Federation lost the landing ship "Caesar Kunikov" and the missile boat "Ivanovets".
Ukrainian intelligence services said that for attacks on the Russian fleet use excess drones Magura V5. The devices are able to carry up to 300 kg of explosives, move up to 900 km, and they are managed by an operator, which can be located somewhere in Kiev. We remind that on March 20, the UK intelligence noted the attempts of the Russian Federation to hide the Black Sea Fleet, which suffers from the attacks of Ukrainian drones.
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