From: Newsweek By Isabel van Brugen
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is reported to have evacuated from a key naval base in the country’s port of Novorossiysk, days after Ukrainian drones targeted the city, and as Kyiv appears to be closing in on receiving permission from the U.S. and the U.K. to strike territory deep inside Russia with long-range missiles.
Russia had been forced to relocate many of its warships away from Crimea to its Novorossiysk base in Russia’s Krasnodar region as a result of ongoing Ukrainian attacks targeting its vessels, as Kyiv seeks reverse to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. The port city is a key hub for Russia’s military logistics.
The development was flagged by H.I. Sutton, a maritime security researcher and open-source analyst, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Likely response to #Ukrainian air threats, possibly news that Storm Shadow may be used on Russian territory. #Russian Navy vessels appear to have completed evacuated Novorossiysk today,” said Sutton, sharing satellite imagery of the region, dated September 14, at 11:37 a.m. local time.
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