The Washington Institute for the Study of War assessed the consequences of attacks by the Ukrainian Defense Forces on occupier ships in the temporarily occupied Crimea for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
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The ISW analytical material notes that on March 23, the Defense Forces attacked the temporarily captured Sevastopol, their strike was aimed at a larger number of ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. As a result of the shelling, the large landing craft “Yamal”, “Azov” and the ship “Ivan Khurs” were damaged, NBN reports.
American experts drew attention to the statement of the speaker of the Ukrainian Navy, Dmitry Pletenchuk, who said that in Sevastopol The defenders also hit the communications center of the Black Sea Fleet. Damage and losses due to the shelling of this point could significantly complicate the functioning of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, since it supported the overall activities of the fleet.
The representative of the Navy and the speaker of the OK “South” Natalya Gumenyuk previously said that in In recent months, Putin's army has rarely used Calibers for attacks, since the Russian Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol is the only one that has the necessary infrastructure to reload these cruise missiles onto enemy warships.
ISW believes that the recent attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Crimea will continue to keep the invaders from redeploying ships to Sevastopol and the western part of the Black Sea. Also, according to analysts, attacks by the Defense Forces will complicate the ability of the Russian Black Sea Fleet to maximize its combat capabilities.
Recall that the Ukrainian Navy announced an attack by the Defense Forces on the Konstantin Olshansky large landing craft. The Russians stole this ship from Ukraine during the occupation of Crimea ten years ago.