Russia deploys Kalibr carriers to Black Sea: Potential missile salvo named
Russian ship (Illustrative photo: facebook.com/mod.mil.rus)
Today, on February 22, a Russian missile carrier was detected in the Black Sea, as Russia deployed it for combat duty. Just a day earlier, no hostile military vessels were observed in the same area, according to a report from the Ukrainian Naval Forces' Telegram channel.
As reported by the military authorities, as of 6 a.m., there was one Russian ship in the Black Sea, which is a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles.
The Ukrainian Navy clarified that this vessel, in the event of an attack, is capable of launching up to 4 missiles in a single salvo.
Meanwhile, there were no enemy vessels in the Azov Sea.
In the Mediterranean Sea, four Russian ships were spotted, three of which are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles, with the potential to launch up to 26 missiles in total.
According to the Ukrainian Navy, over the past 24 hours, in the interest of Russia, the following ships passed through the Kerch Strait:
- to the Black Sea - 6 vessels, continuing towards the Bosporus Strait.
- to the Azov Sea - 3 vessels, with 2 of them coming from the Bosporus Strait.
Russia continues to violate the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) of 1974 by turning off automatic identification systems, as reported by the military command.
Earlier, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, Dmytro Pletenchuk, stated that Russia's Kalibr missiles are no longer as effective against Ukraine as they once were. Their effectiveness has significantly decreased.
It was also reported in January by the partisan movement ATESH that the Russian army is restoring an old submarine base in occupied Crimea.
