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A Ukrainian navy captain claimed Russia has only one missile ship left in the Black Sea. He said that most of the Black Sea Fleet had relocated after a series of Ukrainian strikes. A senior UK Royal Navy officer said that 25% of Russia's Black Sea warships had been sunk or damaged. Pletenchuk noted that the Black Sea Fleet was once considered Russia's main force in Crimea but had almost entirely been chased away and relocated. The UK's defense minister said on March 25, after the latest Ukrainian attack, that the Black Sea Fleet was "functionally inactive."
Persons: , Dmytro Pletenchuk, Pletenchuk, Ivan Khurs, Konstantin, Russia's Adm, Viktor Sokolov, Adm, Sergei Pinchuk Organizations: Black Sea Fleet, UK Royal Navy, Service, Ukrainian, Cyclone, Gerashchenko, Black Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Crimea, Russian, Novorossiysk, Gerashchenko Ukraine, Sevastopol, Russia's, Ukraine
Ukraine revised its tally of Russian ships it said were damaged in strikes over the weekend. It said four Russian ships were hit, with earlier statements mentioning just two. Ukraine has targeted Russia's Black Sea Fleet, which the UK says is now "functionally inactive." AdvertisementUkraine said its weekend strikes on Russia's Black Sea Fleet were more successful than it previously disclosed, with damage to two additional vessels. Ukraine's navy said on Sunday that it struck two of Russia's large landing ships, the Yamal and the Azov, in occupied Crimea in an attack on Saturday.
Persons: , Ivan Khurs, Konstantin Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Ukraine, Azov, Crimea
Read previewUkraine's home-developed naval drones are offering vital capabilities that cruise missiles just don't have, a naval expert told Business Insider. This could have a sizable impact on Ukraine's ongoing efforts to subdue Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Defense Intelligence of UkraineSidharth Kaushal, a naval expert at the UK's Royal United Services Institute, outlined Ukraine's sea drones' limitations and advantages to BI. "The Ukrainians don't have very many cruise missiles that can target things at the ranges that they've been able to go after" with sea drones, he added. Since then, sea drones have been involved in multiple high-profile attacks, including reported strikes on two Russian landing ships in November.
Persons: , Russia's, Kyrylo, Ukraine Sidharth, Kaushal, they've, Ukraine hasn't, Ivan Khurs, Basil Germond Organizations: Service, UK's Ministry of Defence, Business, Autonomous Guard, Defense Intelligence, Royal United Services Institute, CNN, Russia's Defence Ministry, Russian Defence Ministry, REUTERS, Lancaster University Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russia's, Ukrainian, REUTERS Ukraine, Russian, Crimea
Ukraine unsuccessfully attacked a Russian warship in the Black Sea, Russia's defense ministry said. Russia said Ukraine used six unmanned boats to try and attack the ship on Sunday. The Black Sea peninsula was invaded by Russian forces and illegally annexed by Putin in 2014. At the time of Ukraine's attempted attack, an American RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft was in the central part of the Black Sea, the ministry's statement added. In May, a Russian warship, the Ivan Khurs, was attacked by three unmanned speedboats in the Black Sea.
Persons: , Ukraine's, Ivan Khurs Organizations: Service, Russian, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Reuters, Russia's Defence Ministry, Russian Defence Ministry Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Russia, Moscow, Ukrainian, Sevastopol —, American, Europe, Turkey, Black
Ukraine attacked the Ivan Khurs with three uncrewed speedboats, Russian officials said. The raid on the Russian warship in the Black Sea failed to cause any damage, they claimed. Footage posted by Russian officials shows the Russian ship firing shots, striking and destroying one of the uncrewed boats. The Ivan Khurs is one of Russia's most modern ships in the Black Sea fleet and has a crew of 120. Last year, Ukrainian officials accused Russia of purposefully slowing grain shipments in the area, the New York Times reported.
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