Sevastopol’s bays are almost empty as Russian ships flee to Novorossiysk

Russia has almost no warships left in the bays of Sevastopol as remaining big combat units have been withdrawn to Novorossiysk, the Crimean Wind monitoring group reported on Telegram on April 10.

The only Kalibr cruise missile carrier that has yet to fire the missile is the Karakurt-class corvette Cyclone, the group reported.

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The following ships remain in the bays of Sevastopol:

●     2 Krivak-class frigates

●     2 Bora-class corvettes

●     2 Stenka-class patrol boats

●     2 Alexandrit-class minesweepers

●     2 Natya-class minesweepers

●     1 Tapir-class landing ship

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Ships that are under repair in Sevastopol:

●     Ropucha-class landing ship Minsk

●     Ropucha-class landing ship Azov

●     Ropucha-class landing ship Konstantin Olshansky

●     Ropucha-class landing ship Yamal

●     Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship Ivan Khurs

●     Submarine Rostov-on-Don (cannot be restored)

Black Sea Fleet transfer to Novorossiysk

The Russians began transferring its Black Sea Fleet ships to Novorossiysk in Oct. 2023.

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Russians hardly use Sevastopol bays for ships anymore after successful strikes by Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Joint Command South announced.

Ships began to return to sea en masse from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet base in Novorossiysk in Jan. 2024.

Russia now tries to protect its port facilities in Novorossiysk from possible Ukrainian attacks, notably by blocking the entrance with four barges, British intelligence reported in March 2024.

A Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) operation successfully damaged a Russian missile carrier, the Serpukhov, at its base in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast on April 7, a HUR source told NV. According to a HUR representative, Andriy Yusov, the Russians could deploy this missile carrier to the Black Sea.

In more than two years of war, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have sunk or disabled a third of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

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