Russia doubles number of missile carriers in Black Sea - Ukrainian Navy
Photo: Russian ship at sea (facebook.com/mod.mil.rus)
Russia has increased the number of missile carriers in the Black Sea. Today, their count is twice as high as it was yesterday, according to the morning report of the Ukrainian Navy.
As of 06:00 on October 7 (Kyiv time), there are four hostile ships in the Black Sea capable of launching Kalibr cruise missiles, with a total salvo of up to 24 missiles.
At the same time, there are no enemy vessels in the Sea of Azov. However, three hostile ships have been recorded in the Mediterranean Sea, two of which are Kalibr carriers and can have a total salvo of up to 20 missiles.
Additionally, over the past day, in the interest of Russia, the following vessels passed through the Kerch Strait:
- to the Black Sea: 6 ships, 4 of which continued toward the Bosporus Strait;
- to the Sea of Azov: 5 ships, 1 of which were coming from the Bosporus Strait.
The Ukrainian Navy added that Russia continues to violate the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) by disabling Automatic Identification Systems (AIS),
It is worth noting that yesterday, two Russian ships were in the Black Sea capable of launching Kalibr missiles, with a total salvo of up to eight missiles. As is the case today, missile carriers were not present in the Sea of Azov. However, they were present in the Mediterranean Sea. Two of the three ships there were Kalibr carriers with a total salvo of up to 20 missiles.
