Presence of Russian missile carriers in Black and Azov Seas, Ukrainian Navy reports
Photo: Russian ship at sea (facebook.com/mod.mil.rus)
Russia has periodically deployed carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles in the Black and Azov Seas. However, these ships have not been observed recently, according to the Ukrainian Navy.
As of 6:00 AM on October 27 (Kyiv time), there are no ships in the Black Sea or the Sea of Azov.
Meanwhile, military sources reported two enemy ships in the Mediterranean Sea. Both are carriers of Kalibr missiles with a total salvo of up to 24 rockets.
Additionally, over the past day, in the interest of Russia, the following ships passed through the Kerch Strait:
- to the Black Sea: 5 ships, 4 of which continued toward the Bosporus Strait;
- to the Sea of Azov: 7 ships, 3 of which were coming from the Bosporus Strait.
The Ukrainian Navy noted that Russia continues to violate the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) by disabling Automatic Identification Systems (AIS).
Recently, Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk stated that the Russian fleet had indeed left Crimea as of October 24. However, the threat of attacks remains.
He added that the only relatively adequate guarantee of security would be the complete absence of Russian ships in the Azov-Black Sea region, which is essentially what we observe today.
