Vladimir Putin forced to withdraw ships from main Crimea port by Ukrainian attacks, say military experts
Vladimir Putin has been forced to withdraw ships from his Black Sea Fleet’s main Crimea port by Ukrainian attacks, military experts said on Sunday.
The drone and missile strikes have “changed Russian naval operating patterns,” according to the Institute for the Study of War, causing Putin’s Black Sea Fleet “to move some ships away from its main base in occupied Sevastopol”.
The Washington-based military think tank stressed that this had “hampered the BSF’s ability to interfere with maritime trade in the western part of the Black Sea”.
