Black Sea Fleet

In a pivotal moment within the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian military intelligence has unveiled a video claiming a successful attack resulting in the sinking of the Russian Black Sea Fleet missile corvette 'Ivanovets.' While the Ministry of Defense in Moscow has yet to provide official commentary on the incident, analysts are already dissecting the strategic implication

According to the Ukrainian group Atesh, the Russian president has even ordered city-wide raids and is expected to punish the Crimean anti-aircraft forces.
It is about the destruction of the ship Novocherkassk, which was part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, and the videos published on social networks show that it was completely destroyed in an attack by Ukrainian forces.

This is what Frederik Mertens, analyst at the Center for Strategic Studies in The Hague, states for Newsweek.
Ukraine's aggressive drone strikes and missile attacks have forced the Russians to move a large part of their fleet to Novorossiysk, a location in Crimea.

Ukraine's air force said Tuesday it had destroyed a Russian fleet ship in the Black Sea suspected of carrying drones for use in Moscow's war against Kiev.

The large landing ship Novocherkassk was "destroyed" by air force pilots, the service posted on the Telegram messaging platform.

Day 620 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Russian forces shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight, Moscow's Defence Ministry said Sunday.

"On the night of Oct. 29, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using air-type drones against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped," the ministry said on Telegram.

Much about the design of the drone, dubbed "Marichka," is still unclear, but the group behind its development says it could be used to carry out kamikaze attacks on Russian ships and naval infrastructure, The War Zone writes.

Day 579 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Moscow said Tuesday it had destroyed a Ukrainian military "reconnaissance boat" near Russian gas infrastructure in the Black Sea, in the latest clash in the waterway since Moscow's withdrawal from a major grain export deal.

Day 539 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours: