Ukraine continues strikes against Russian Black Sea fleet British Defence Intelligence reports

Ukraine is continuing their strikes on assets of the Russian navy based in the Black Sea, resulting in the targets being forced to carry out maneuvers countering those attacks. 

Caliber.Az reports on this, referring to the latest British Defence Intelligence update on the situation in the Black Sea.

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 11 December 2024.

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The intelligence report, published by the UK Defence Ministry on December 11, acknowledges that while the overall tempo of naval operations in the region remains low, Ukrainian forces continue “to be successful in restricting Russian maritime operations to the eastern Black Sea”. 

British intelligence believes that the Russian Federation Navy’s (RFN) frequent dispersal training and anti-Uncrewed Surface Vessel/Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle exercises in and around Novorossiysk is evidence of Moscow perceiving the threat of attack from Ukraine as probable.

Ukrainian forces are targeting Russian naval infrastructure and vessels in the Black Sea, attempting to undermine the credibility of the RFN’s Black Sea Fleet. 

“The massed missile attack on November 28, 2024 targeting Critical National Infrastructure in several regions of Ukraine included launches from RFN vessels operating in the Black Sea”, the British intelligence recalls while also pointing out that Ukraine’s air-defence system was able to intercept a high percentage of the incoming weapon systems fired from both the RFN and Russian Long Range Aviation. 

By Nazrin Sadigova