MADRID 20 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Russia has suffered the complete destruction or damage of at least a quarter of its naval fleet in the Black Sea before launching the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to an estimate by British Intelligence services.
“After a thousand days of war, Russia’s naval capabilities in the Black Sea have been significantly reduced by effective Ukrainian operations,” the experts concluded, despite the fact that before the conflict the balance in the area seemed to lean towards the Russian side. .
Ukrainian forces, “limited to a small number of large ships and coastal defense ships”, still do not operate normally in the Black Sea, but have achieved milestones such as the sinking of the ship ‘Moskva’.
As a result of this pressure, Russia has moved its main assets away from the Sevastopol base, in Crimea, to Novorosisk, on the east coast, says the report shared this Wednesday by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense.
Furthermore, Russian military units “have been forced to adapt their tactics and change the areas in which they operate”, although British Intelligence has wanted to warn that even from the eastern part of the Black Sea they can launch attacks at great distances and serve support to ground troops.