By Victor Duda
"Satellite images indicate that Ukrainian strikes have forced Russian troops to move the Black Sevastopol to ports in the eastern Black Sea on a long -term basis," analysts said. Russia has moved the surface and underwater means of its Black Sea Fleet in Novorossiysk - further from the front line. Now the aggressor country creates the conditions for constant baseing of ships on the east coast.
In Novorossiysk, excess warships were already relocated as a bread-type frigate and smaller vessels as Corvettes of the Project 1241 or 1124. Also, Russian invaders moved most of the "caliber" rocket launchers, including "Admiral Grigorovich "and Kilo's submarines. "The latest satellite images show that the vessels moved to Novorossiysk in the fall did not return to Sevastopol," ISW emphasized.
In addition, the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Black Sea Fleet is limited in safety patrols, maintenance and blocking of Ukrainian ports. Russia is also building a naval port in Abkhazia. According to analysts, it signals Moscow's "long -term intention" to transfer more of their forces further from the captured Crimea. The port extension should take 2. 5 years.
"Far strikes of Ukraine on the Black Sea means contributed to humanitarian and military success in the Black Sea and allowed Ukraine to seize the initiative in the Black Sea, even without an effective fleet," ISW stressed. According to analysts, additional long -range missiles would allow Ukraine to keep the water area open for maritime transportation and keep the Russian Black Sea Fleet Further from the NATO coast.
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