The Ukrainian military forced the Black Sea Fleet to hide in Novorossiysk (photo)

According to observers of the Crimean Wind with reference to the data of satellite shooting of the American OSINT researcher MT Anderson, in the water area of ​​the Novorossiysk naval base there are carriers He published an American OSINT Research MT Anderson in his social media account H. The analysis of satellite images for February 27, also taken by the MT Anderson OSINT researcher, shows that the Russian command on the Novorossiysk raid held a patrol ship to strengthen the air defense.

A similar tactics more than six months ago was used in Sevastopol, where a small rocket ship "Cyclone" with the anti-aircraft missile and harvest complex "Armored" on board was used to the barrel. Modern radar weapons of this corvette allows to strengthen the air defense of the waters and coastal military facilities. Earlier, the Crimean Wind monitoring group tracked and photographed ships in the Gulf of Novorossiysk and found out that the command often holds them on the raid, not near the pier.

Regular attacks of the Armed Forces on military and infrastructure sites in annexed Crimea have led to a sharp decline in strikes in the territory of Ukraine by ships of the Black Sea Fleet. Moreover, the risks of being attacked by the Armed Forces in the ports of the annexed Crimea were forced the Russian command to relocate vessels from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk, the Russian experts themselves said.

At the same time, the CF command failed to do so according to the rules of wartime-the vessel of the fleet should be dispersed in different ports and to prepare the appropriate material and technical base and infrastructure there, but the Russian military command did not do so. Since the end of 2023, the Russian command became less at risk: it is trying to keep rocket launchers away from the Ukrainian coast and launches rockets from Novorossiysk.

Changing the dislocation seriously limits the capabilities of the fleet, since all the rear is still in Sevastopol, and the Novorossiysk port, for example, is not even equipped for loading "caliber" missiles on the ship. As a result, the ships are still forced to enter the ports of Crimea and put themselves in danger of fire from Ukraine. Recall that ISW analysts reported that the Russian Federation can use nuclear weapons if it loses 20% of submarines.