Russian boat Ivanovets destruction leads to unusual situation for Black Sea Fleet - Ukrainian Navy
The destruction of the boat Ivanovets led to a non-standard situation for the Russian Black Sea Fleet (youtube)
The destruction of the Ivanovets boat led to a non-standard situation for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Currently, the Russian occupiers are not launching cruise missiles from the Black Sea at Ukraine, and the Russian Navy is engaged in the protection and defense of its base points and the training of its sailors, according to Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk.
The Russians have now deployed five ships to the Black Sea, including two frigates - Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov, which can carry up to 8 missile carriers each.
"But the incident with their missile boat took them several days to think about and analyze. After that, the training process was suspended, which is already a non-standard situation for the Black Sea Fleet. After that, when they decided that it was safe to go out in the eastern part of the Black Sea, they continued to go to sea," Pletenchuk explains.
He notes that these hostile sailings of Russian ships are mostly related to security measures and the transfer of ships to other ports.
"This is when their ships try to change their place of anchorage, their place of basing, and for this they use the ports of Tuapse and Sochi, and for this, of course, they need to go to sea," he adds.
Destruction of Ivanovets missile boat
On the night of January 31-February 1, Ukrainian intelligence officers destroyed the Ivanovets missile boat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. According to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, the Ivanovets boat was to some extent the pride of the Russian Navy. There were only three similar ships. As it turned out later, the Ukrainian military successfully attacked the Russian boat Ivanovets with MAGURA V5 marine drones. There could have been up to 40 Russian sailors on board.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded the servicemen of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine who showed special courage during special combat missions, including the destruction of the Russian missile boat Ivanovets.
Earlier, Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for the South Command, said that after the destruction of the Ivanovets missile boat, Russian troops learned their "lesson" and hid missile carriers with Kalibr missiles in their base points. For example, they used this maneuver on February 4. At the same time, she emphasized that we should not let our guard down, as Russia has a lot of Kalibrs and it is not difficult to put them to sea.
