Full composition of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet spotted in occupied Sevastopol by monitoring group

The New Voice of Ukraine
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Occupied Sevastopol
Occupied Sevastopol

The full composition of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has been spotted in the occupied Crimean port town of Sevastopol by the Crimean Wind monitoring group on Jan. 24, the group revealed on Telegram.

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Compared to pictures taken on Jan. 15, the CTS Elbrus and the tug Spasatel Dmitry Gagin (SB-36) had left Sevastopol, the group says, and the tugboats Komuna, Epron, and сrane vessel SPK 02690 had arrived.

According to the information provided by the monitoring group, the composition of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in occupied Sevastopol is as listed:

Docked in Holland Bay

  • Patrol boat SCR Pitliviy

  • Patrol boat SCR Ladny

  • Grisha-class corvette SPC 1124 M

  • Reconnaissance vessel SRPC Ivan Khurs

  • Ukrainian command ship Slavutych (Ukrainian Navy, was stolen during Crimea invasion in 2014)

  • Tugboat MB 745

  • Tugboat SBS Shakhtar

  • Firefighting vessel PZHS-123

  • Tug SS Kommuna

  • Tug SS Sayany

Docked at the engineering bay

  • Corvette RKVP Bora

  • Corvette RKVP Samum

  • Tarantul-class corvette RKA 12411

  • Alexandrit-class minesweeper MT 12700

  • Natya-class minesweeper MT 266M/266ME/02668

Docked at Sukharna Bay

  • Karakurt-class corvette MRC Cyclone

Docked at the Southern Bay

  • Ropucha-class landing ship BDC 775

  • Alexandrit-class minesweeper MT 12700

  • Reconnaissance vessel SRC Equator

  • Foxtrot-class submarine PLB Zaporizhzhya

  • Tug MB Captain Nayden

  • Crane vessel SPK 02690

  • Tug SS Epron

  • Hospital ship GS Yenisei

  • ship-museum Soobrazitelny

Docked at the Ship's Bay and Sevastopol Naval Shipyard

Near the waterfront:

  • Ropucha-class landing ship BDC 775

  • Ropucha-class landing ship BHC Minsk (without superstructure)

  • PMR-33

In dry dock:

  • Submarine Rostov-on-Don (B-237)

Docked at Kielen Bay and the 13th ship repair plant

Near the waterfront:

  • 2x Grisha-class corvette  MPC 1124M

  • Natya-class minesweeper MT 266M/266ME/02668

At PD-30:

  • Tapir-class landing ship BDK Nikolay Filchenkov

  • Ropucha-class landing ship BDK 775

In PD-88:

  • Ropucha-class landing ship BDK 775

In TDF-80:

  • Shelon-class torpedo retriever TL-278

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Twitter user and OSINT analyst MT Anderson cited satellite imagery and reported that the number of Russian Black Sea Fleet ships had decreased in Sevastopol’s bays as of Jan.16.

Ukrainian military intelligence reported in October that Russian forces in Crimea had been transferring Black Sea Fleet ships to the port of Novorossiysk for several months now.

Read also: Two Russian warships flee occupied Feodosia after Ukrainian attack destroys landing ship Novocherkassk

Ukraine’s Operational Command South stated that same month that Russian forces were barely using Sevastopol’s bays for their ships after successful strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU).

Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk reported a strike on the Russian Ropucha-class landing ship Novocherkassk in Feodosia, occupied Crimea, on the night of Dec. 26. The AFU later stated that the attack was carried out by cruise missiles.

The Ukrainian Navy reported that at the time of the missile attack there could have been approximately 80 people on board.

According to Ukrainian Navy Commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa, any Russian Navy ship is a legitimate target for Ukraine, no matter where it is in the world's oceans.

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