Russian ships exit the Black Sea as Ukrainian tactics succeed

The Ukrainian navy reports on Telegram that Russian ships have left the Black Sea. Ukrainians point out that there are no Russian units in the Black Sea or the Sea of Azov at present.

However, the navy communiqué states that Russian ships are still in the Mediterranean Sea. There are seven ships, two of which are equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles capable of launching 22 missiles at once.

Recall that Ukrainians have been regularly hindering the operations of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation lately. At the beginning of January, the spokesman for the Ukrainian Naval Forces, Dmytro Pletenczuk, reported that Russians have completely abandoned ship repairs at bases in occupied Crimea. This decision is related to fears of units being destroyed, among other things, by Ukrainian surface drones.

Although the Russians have ship repair facilities in Novorossiysk, they have had to direct units elsewhere. This means that Ukrainians have managed to force the Russians to completely withdraw from the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Importantly, they achieved this without having a sea fleet of their own.

It should also be noted that the Russian Federation previously held several valuable machines in these regions, which the Ukrainians destroyed or damaged. Among such equipment are Project 22160 ships, submarines of the Kilo-class 877 (Rostov-on-Don) damaged during an aerial attack on the shipyard in Sevastopol, and a landing craft of Project 775.

The Ukrainians most frequently use Sea Baby marine drones for daring actions, which can carry up to 1,874 pounds of explosives. Visually, this equipment resembles a motorboat and is appropriately camouflaged to make detection at sea more difficult. This drone is controlled using AR goggles—the Ukrainians utilize the same technology used in FPV drones.