On the night of March 23, Ukrainian forces attacked a communications center for the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the occupied zone of Sevastopol, Crimea, allegedly attacking an oil depot and at least partially damaging two Navy landing ships. Russian.
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The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces successfully attacked the Yamal and Azov landing ships, a Black Sea Fleet communications center, and several unspecified infrastructure in Sevastopol.
The Institute for War Studies in Washington previously assessed that Ukrainian attacks on Black Sea Fleet assets caused it to move some ships away from its main base in Sevastopol, hindering its ability to operate in the western Black Sea. .
Some Ukrainian officials have recently reported that other Black Sea Fleet bases are structurally inferior to Sevastopol and that Russian forces have yet to perform some tasks, such as reloading Kalibr missile systems on ships and submarines, in Sevastopol, as other bases do not have the capacity to handle these missiles.
The latest Ukrainian attacks on Black Sea Fleet ships, regardless of the extent of the damage caused, will likely continue to dissuade Russian forces from redeploying ships to Sevastopol and the western Black Sea and complicate the Black Sea Fleet’s ability to maximize their combat capabilities.
Ukraine claims to have destroyed about a third of Russia’s Black Sea fleet since the start of the invasion of Sevastopol.
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