Putin Forced to Move Submarines From Crimea After Ukrainian Attacks: U.K.

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Well....not looking so good for Russia....i thought the whole idea was to secure a safe port?

MSN

In its daily intelligence update on the Ukraine war, the U.K.'s defense ministry said after Ukrainian attacks deep into the peninsula, the command of Russia's Black Sea Fleet "has almost certainly relocated its KILO-class submarines" from their home port of Sevastopol in Crimea to Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar region.
"This is highly likely due to the recent change in the local security threat level in the face of increased Ukrainian long-range strike capability," the update said.
The ministry cited attacks on the Russian fleet's headquarters and its main naval-aviation airfield in the past two months.
Putin has likely undermined one of his key "motivations" for annexing Crimea from Ukraine in 2014—to guarantee a safe base for the Black Sea Fleet, the update said.

The assessment comes after former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe Ben Hodges said in a video released Monday that Putin's Black Sea Fleet has been a "total waste" as the Russian leader's forces struggle on land and in the water amid the Ukraine war.
Hodges said that prior to the war, which began on February 24, Russia's Black Sea Fleet "controlled basically the entire Black Sea."
"But over the past six months, we've watched a realization that the Russian navy is no better than the Russian army," Hodges said.
The retired U.S. general referenced the sinking of Russia's Black Sea flagship, the Moskva, which was worth an estimated $750 million, and other recent incidents which have seen Russian vessels downed in the Black Sea.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet is "terrified to go anywhere near the Ukrainian coastline" and has been hiding behind Crimea, Hodges said.
"The Great Black Sea Fleet, other than their submarines, I think, is a total waste. It hasn't been in the fight," he added. "And as Ukrainian forces get closer and closer to Crimea, soon they're going to be able to start launching HIMARS [High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems] rockets and other rockets into Sevastopol, making it untenable for the Russian Black Sea Fleet."
Last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that Ukraine would regain control of Crimea as part of a sweeping counteroffensive to recapture territory that has been seized by Russia.

 

[beautress]

Well....not looking so good for Russia....i thought the whole idea was to secure a safe port?

MSN

In its daily intelligence update on the Ukraine war, the U.K.'s defense ministry said after Ukrainian attacks deep into the peninsula, the command of Russia's Black Sea Fleet "has almost certainly relocated its KILO-class submarines" from their home port of Sevastopol in Crimea to Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar region.
"This is highly likely due to the recent change in the local security threat level in the face of increased Ukrainian long-range strike capability," the update said.
The ministry cited attacks on the Russian fleet's headquarters and its main naval-aviation airfield in the past two months.
Putin has likely undermined one of his key "motivations" for annexing Crimea from Ukraine in 2014—to guarantee a safe base for the Black Sea Fleet, the update said.

The assessment comes after former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe Ben Hodges said in a video released Monday that Putin's Black Sea Fleet has been a "total waste" as the Russian leader's forces struggle on land and in the water amid the Ukraine war.
Hodges said that prior to the war, which began on February 24, Russia's Black Sea Fleet "controlled basically the entire Black Sea."
"But over the past six months, we've watched a realization that the Russian navy is no better than the Russian army," Hodges said.
The retired U.S. general referenced the sinking of Russia's Black Sea flagship, the Moskva, which was worth an estimated $750 million, and other recent incidents which have seen Russian vessels downed in the Black Sea.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet is "terrified to go anywhere near the Ukrainian coastline" and has been hiding behind Crimea, Hodges said.
"The Great Black Sea Fleet, other than their submarines, I think, is a total waste. It hasn't been in the fight," he added. "And as Ukrainian forces get closer and closer to Crimea, soon they're going to be able to start launching HIMARS [High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems] rockets and other rockets into Sevastopol, making it untenable for the Russian Black Sea Fleet."
Last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that Ukraine would regain control of Crimea as part of a sweeping counteroffensive to recapture territory that has been seized by Russia.

For the last 3 days, I've seen claims on Putin's life and wounds. All I see is stuff like the below, no guarantees Putin was injured severely or assassinated. Some are even claiming the man has been dead for 3 years and someone else is a body double. Do you know if Putin is still head of State in Russia? I would like to know, and you have a good thread here for anyone who's wondering what happened. Thank you, Mr. Fleegle for your concern about the awful war over there. This one claims the "blew up Putin." Yeah right, for the 4th time in as many days.

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[beautress]

Here's a map of the most updated skirmish: Ukraine in maps: Tracking the war with Russia

A Ukrainian colonel has said the Russian defensive line in southern Ukraine comprises a line of minefields that is several kilometres wide, a second line of artillery and personnel and a third line of rear positions.
The ISW says the Ukraine's recent advances north and north east of Robotyne may allow Ukrainian forces to begin operating in the areas behind the densest minefields - although it adds it has no way to assess the width of the minefields.
Kyiv's generals have previously warned that fast results are almost impossible because of Russia's fortified defensive lines and rows of minefields.

The battle for Bakhmut​

Ukrainian forces have also continued operations around what is left of the city of Bakhmut - which has endured some of the heaviest fighting of the war and has been under Russian control for several months.
Ukraine's General Staff reported that its forces had entrenched themselves in new positions south of the city this week.

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[Moonglow]

Great

Well....not looking so good for Russia....i thought the whole idea was to secure a safe port?

MSN

In its daily intelligence update on the Ukraine war, the U.K.'s defense ministry said after Ukrainian attacks deep into the peninsula, the command of Russia's Black Sea Fleet "has almost certainly relocated its KILO-class submarines" from their home port of Sevastopol in Crimea to Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar region.
"This is highly likely due to the recent change in the local security threat level in the face of increased Ukrainian long-range strike capability," the update said.
The ministry cited attacks on the Russian fleet's headquarters and its main naval-aviation airfield in the past two months.
Putin has likely undermined one of his key "motivations" for annexing Crimea from Ukraine in 2014—to guarantee a safe base for the Black Sea Fleet, the update said.

The assessment comes after former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe Ben Hodges said in a video released Monday that Putin's Black Sea Fleet has been a "total waste" as the Russian leader's forces struggle on land and in the water amid the Ukraine war.
Hodges said that prior to the war, which began on February 24, Russia's Black Sea Fleet "controlled basically the entire Black Sea."
"But over the past six months, we've watched a realization that the Russian navy is no better than the Russian army," Hodges said.
The retired U.S. general referenced the sinking of Russia's Black Sea flagship, the Moskva, which was worth an estimated $750 million, and other recent incidents which have seen Russian vessels downed in the Black Sea.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet is "terrified to go anywhere near the Ukrainian coastline" and has been hiding behind Crimea, Hodges said.
"The Great Black Sea Fleet, other than their submarines, I think, is a total waste. It hasn't been in the fight," he added. "And as Ukrainian forces get closer and closer to Crimea, soon they're going to be able to start launching HIMARS [High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems] rockets and other rockets into Sevastopol, making it untenable for the Russian Black Sea Fleet."
Last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that Ukraine would regain control of Crimea as part of a sweeping counteroffensive to recapture territory that has been seized by Russia.

Great Strategic counter action by Ukraine

 

[beautress]

I hope the fighting spirit of the Ukrainian people who were wronged with an invasion starting with the Russians blowing up a kindergarten and a women's hospital with hit-and-kill missiles of the cutting edge kind. Really, a preschool and a nursery for mothers and babies. I'm glad the Ukrainians fought back the likes a country whose army busied themselves of killing babies and birthing moms. What kind of cowards are the Russian forces, anyway? Hitting on babies. Bleh!