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Ready to go Warships from that Black Sea. Moscow has decided to disperse the remaining naval fleet and move warships as far away from Crimea as possible after Ukraine attacked Russian navy ships near the coast of the peninsula, which was unilaterally annexed by the Russians in 2014. That’s what Sergei claims Bratschuk, spokesperson for the South Ukrainian Volunteer Army, told United News 24, Ukrinform reported. “The attacks are great. But look at this nuance: they made it into the most protected naval fortresses of the Black Sea Fleet, namely Sevastopol,” Bratchuk said. According to him, to this day The entire Russian Black Sea Fleet is under fire from the armed forces of Ukrainewhich forced the enemy to disperse his ships and brought many of them closer to Novorossiysk, the port of mainland Russia. At least three large landing ships were moved from their usual bases on the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov. “Perhaps they are afraid of another ‘baby’ (Sea Baby, a Ukrainian-made maritime drone used to attack Russian warships in the Black Sea, editor’s note) because you don’t mess with babies,” suggested Bratschuk.
Possible new drone attacks
Claims of new successful drone strikes against Russian Black Sea Fleet warships are still unconfirmed. Observers quickly noticed the appearance of the Russian missile corvette Samum in Sevastopol following the attack by the Ukrainian unmanned surface vessel Sea Baby off Sevastopol on Thursday. Satellite images also showed the Black Sea Fleet’s flagship Admiral Makarov in the port of Sevastopol on Saturday.
Ships at a large, widely dispersed naval base like Sevastopol are typically towed from one berth to another. The fact that there are ships with tugboats does not necessarily mean that they have suffered damage. According to conflicting reports, the Makarov, once thought to have been sunk by Ukrainian anti-ship missiles in the Black Sea and later damaged in a mass USV attack in Sevastopol in October, was damaged in the missile attack on the shipyard’s dry dock on September 13.
The missing ships
Two ships in particular appear to have disappeared following a reported Ukrainian attack on September 14: the two patrol ships Vasily Bykov and Sergei Kotov. Ukraine has released a video of the suspected attack in the Black Sea and it appears that none of the ships returned to port in the Black Sea on Saturday.
A Ukrainian naval source told The War Zone on Saturday that the Bykov, which had previously been damaged off Odessa early in the war, was hit below the waterline and flooded. According to the source, the Kotov was also punctured above the waterline.
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