Russia cuts military aircraft activity over Black and Azov seas, Ukrainian Navy says
Photo: Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk (facebook.com/Taclbery)
Russia's military aircraft activity over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov has declined in recent days, according to Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk.
According to Pletenchuk, the trend is one of the results of blackouts and disruptions to Russian supply routes into temporarily occupied Crimea.
"We have been observing this trend for several days now. Whether it will continue is still difficult to say, but the fact remains. Even though Russia has recently been using aviation more frequently to carry out strikes, this is still significant. Russian warships remain at their home bases, and no deployments to sea have been recorded," he said.
Russia has lost control of the Black Sea
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had lost the Black Sea. During his meeting with military officials, a chart showing destroyed vessels of Russia's Black Sea Fleet was also visible.
More recently, Ukrainian forces unveiled the Barracuda naval drone for the first time. Together with other unmanned systems, it is being used to strike Russian positions.
