Russia afraid to send ships into Sea of Azov, Ukraine's Navy says
Photo: Dmytro Pletenchuk (facebook.com/Taclbery)
Russian troops are minimizing the number of their ships entering the Sea of Azov due to limited navigation routes and the high risk of being hit, according to Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk.
"There is nowhere to stay there (in the Sea of Azov – ed.) in terms of basing and navigation. It is a shallow sea – a maximum of 15 meters – so the recommended routes there are quite narrow," Pletenchuk says.
According to him, when the Russians enter the Sea of Azov, they mix their ships with civilian vessels to conceal their presence.
"But I cannot say that they are there all the time, because the enemy understands that the entire territory of the Sea of Azov is under our fire control," he adds.
Strikes on Russian Navy ships
On December 15, Ukrainian Security Service drones attacked a Russian submarine in the port of Novorossiysk. This is the first recorded case of a drone strike on a submarine in history.
Later, spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said that preparations for the strike on the Russian submarine Varshavyanka in the port of Novorossiysk were complex and multi-layered.
The spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy also reported that, despite all the measures taken, the port in Novorossiysk, Russia, remains a dangerous location for Russian ships, as Ukrainian defenders can still reach them there.
According to him, ships usually leave the harbor for Tsemesk Bay, launch missiles, and return. This takes several hours, but even in such a short period of time, they are exposed to danger.
