News archive on the topic "Black Sea Fleet"

The conflict in Ukraine has shown that inexpensive drones are more effective, which should gradually replace high-tech ships, planes and other equipment. Former US Secretary of the Navy and ex-US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ray Mabus stated this on the video blog of the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “What you saw in the example of Ukraine is that...

The Russian Black Sea Fleet bases are the main target for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The former deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ex-deputy secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine, General Sergei Krivonos, stated this on the Espresso TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The general also criticized the words of British Defense Minister Grant Shapps that the Black Sea Fleet had lost its functionality. “The British have a lot of optimism. I tell you...

To protect the Crimean Bridge and repel attacks - both from the air and from the sea - interaction between different structures is needed, and preferably under a single command. This opinion was expressed to PolitNavigator by a military expert, 1st Rank Reserve Captain Vasily Dandykin. “The Russian Guard is responsible for the Crimean Bridge. We need cooperation with the Russian Guard and with the border troops. How a single organism should be, and...

Ukraine, with its strikes, must bring the Russian naval forces in the Black Sea to a state where they will not be able to carry out their combat missions. This was reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent, said by 1st rank reserve captain, former deputy chief of staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Andrei Ryzhenko, who noted that in order for the weapons available to the Armed Forces to reach the bases of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, two things must be resolved...

One of the priority targets for Ukraine in the Black Sea should be Russian landing ships. This was reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent, said by 1st rank reserve captain, former deputy chief of staff of the Ukrainian Naval Forces Andrei Ryzhenko, who named Russian landing ships in the Black Sea as one of the priority targets for Ukraine. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine must knock them out, because these ships are used both for logistics...

The enemy’s task is to methodically knock out ships in order to reduce the very possibility of controlling the Black Sea. It's time to present some new systems that, with a high degree of guarantee, help protect the infrastructure and the warships themselves. This opinion was expressed to PolitNavigator by FSO reserve lieutenant colonel and security expert Vasily Kashkanov. “Reduce the very possibility of generally controlling the Black Sea. After all, only by aviation or some...

Today, near Feodosia, a Ukrainian unmanned boat hit the Russian patrol ship Sergei Kotov. This information is being disseminated by Russian military officers, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In the Feodosia area, an attack was carried out by sea unmanned drones on the Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Sergei Kotov. As a result of the attack, the ship was damaged or completely sank. We are waiting for official and reliable information,” writes military correspondent Vladimir Razin. His colleague...

Admiral Viktor Sokolov has been removed from the post of commander of the Black Sea Fleet, which he held since September 14, 2022. This was reported by the Rybar tg channel, created by a former employee of the press service of the Ministry of Defense Mikhail Zvinchuk, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The day before, Russian military officers massively criticized the Black Sea Fleet command for insufficiently effective measures to counter attacks by Ukrainian unmanned boats, as a result of one of which allegedly...

The tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are sabotage and terrorist attacks, and that is why Kirill Budanov retained his post as head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. A military expert, reserve captain 1st rank Vasily Dandykin stated this to PolitNavigator, commenting on the attack by unmanned boats on the large landing ship Caesar Kunikov. “The most important thing is that the crew is alive. What to do, this is life, this is war, conclusions must be drawn in any...

Ukraine deprived the Black Sea Fleet of the opportunity to operate in the western part of the sea and allegedly forced it to leave Crimea. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky stated this at the second parliamentary summit of the so-called “Crimean Platform,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It is in the Black Sea region, precisely in the situation around Crimea, that we can best see how our tactics are working. I'll be frank. For many…

Ukrainian propaganda claims that today a Russian patrol ship was blown up in the Black Sea near Sevastopol. The corresponding statements, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, were reported by a number of Ukrainian sources. “Crimean public pages write about the explosion of the patrol ship “Pavel Derzhavin” of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The project 22160 ship of the “Vasily Bykov” type was located on the outer roadstead of Sevastopol. Previously, it exploded on a Russian naval mine,” writes, for example,...

In war conditions, it is completely normal that the Russian command makes a decision to disperse the Russian Black Sea Fleet along the entire Black Sea coast, which has nothing to do with the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strikes on Sevastopol. Russian military expert Konstantin Sivkov stated this on the Internet channel “Book Day,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Wall Street Journal stated that the bulk of the Black Sea Fleet is from Sevastopol...

Without exaggeration, the most discussed and resonant event of today was the hit by a Ukrainian missile at the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet. Thus, the TG channel of military analyst Mikhail Zvinchuk “Rybar” indicates that the attack on Crimea lasted several hours “First, at around 10.20, an anti-ship missile “Neptune” was fired from the Odessa region, which was shot down by units of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense Division over Belbek. Then…

Ukraine hit the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. The city governor, Mikhail Razvozhaev, reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The enemies launched a missile attack on the fleet headquarters. A fragment fell near the Lunacharsky Theater. If you find such elements, we kindly ask you not to approach and call 112. All operational services have gone to the scene,” the governor wrote in his…