Navy: Russia keeps 13 ships in the Black Sea

As of the morning of December 20, Russia has 13 ships on duty in the Black Sea, the carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles are not among them, the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported.

“There are no enemy ships in the Sea of ​​Azov; in the Mediterranean Sea – six enemy ships, three of which are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles with a total salvo of up to 25 missiles,” the message reads.

On November 20, British intelligence said that since February 24, 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces had destroyed or damaged more than 25% of the main Russian warships operating in the Black Sea.

At the same time, British intelligence emphasizes that, despite the fact that the Russian Black Sea Fleet is currently limited to the eastern part of the Black Sea, it retains the ability to strike from a long distance on the territory of Ukraine in support of land operations.

In June, a representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, said that Russia is hiding large ships and Kalibr carriers, but “the hunt should not stop.”

According to the Ukrainian Navy, since the beginning of the full-scale war, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has lost about a third of its ships due to damage to Russian vessels during Ukrainian strikes.