Russia-Ukraine War – 2 more naval ships gone during May 2024
Ukraine continues to report a string of successes against the Russian Navy. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, a minesweeper was destroyed during the night of May 18-19 as part of its attacks on occupied Crimea. The Russian Black Sea fleet Project 266M or Natya Class ocean minesweeper is the RFS KOVROVETS that was […]
Russia-Ukraine War – 2 More Russian Navy Ships Hit – 26.03.2024
On Tuesday 26th March, 2024 Ukraine has claimed yet another successful strike on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF), that another Ropucha Class landing ship KONSTANTIN OLSHANSKY had been hit by a Neptune R-360 anti-ship missile. The inactive Ropucha class landing ship was captured from Ukraine during Russia’s unlawful annexation of Crimea in 2014 by the Russian […]
Russia-Ukraine War – Ukraine hit 2 Russian navy Landing Ships – 24.03.2024
On Sunday 24th March, 2024 Ukraine stated that it hit 2 two Russian Navy Ropucha Class/Project 775 III landing ships RFS AZOV and RFS YAMAL along with a communications center and several other facilities belonging to the Black Sea Fleet, in a huge overnight attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol. There has been no […]
Russia-Ukraine War – Landing Ship RFS NOVOCHERKASSK sunk – 26.12.2023
On Boxing Day of 2023 , Ukraine appears to have effectively destroyed another Russian Black Sea Fleet vessel – the Ropucha Class landing ship RFS NOVOCHERKASSK. She was berthed in Feodosia in occupied Crimea when she was struck by aircraft-launched cruise missiles at around 0230 hrs.Photos posted on the Telegram channel by Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces […]
Russia-Ukraine War – 2 more Russian Ships Damaged – 10.11.2023
Between Thursday 9 th and Friday 10th November overnight the Ukrainian Forces performed another successful attack on Russia’s Black Sea fleet in occupied Crimea. Sea drones targeted moored military landing ships of the SERNA CLASS, Project 11770. The ships were carrying a crew and loaded armored vehicles, including BTR-82. The Serna Class can accommodate up […]
Russia-Ukraine War – Turkish ships, backed by NATO Aircraft, call in Ukraine – July 2023
Turkey, which has been central to getting grain exports through the Black Sea over the past year, looks like it is working new ways to ensure some of the foodstuff gets out of the war-torn country. Last month Russia decided to walk away from a shipping pact with Ukraine, an agreement that had been fostered with […]
Naval News – Russia started illegally dispose captured Ukrainian Navy Units – June 2023
Russia started to illegally dispose of ships of the Ukrainian Navy captured in Sevastopol and Donuzlav, which after 2014 were located on the territory of the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea which is Ukraine after all. Six captured units are located in the area of the ship breaking Facility Inkerman, suburb of Sevastopol which […]
Malta Naval Visits – RFS MB-304 – 23-28.10.2012
On Thursday 25th October, 2012 the Russian Navy Sorum Class (Project 745) Ocean Going Tug MB-304 entered Grand Harbour, Malta for the first time berthing at Boiler Wharf. She was built at the Yaroslav Zavod Shipyard as yard no 409 in 1973 and commissioned 29th July 1977 and was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. […]
Russia-Ukraine War – Missile Hits on Naval Vessels – 17.06.2022
On Friday 17th June, 2022 the Ukrainian Forces hit the Russian naval tugboat RFS SPASATEL VASILIY BEKH SB-739 with two Harpoon missiles in the Black Sea the first time it has claimed to have struck a Russian vessel with Western supplied Harpoon Missiles. The naval tug was transporting ammunition, weapons and personnel from the Black […]
Russia-Ukraine War – RFS MOSKVA 121 sank – 14.04.2022
The Russian Navy Slava Class or Project 1164 Atlant Guided Missile cruiser RFS MOSKVA 121 that was damaged in an explosion last Wednesday 13th April sank while she was being towed to a safe port on Thursday 14th April, 2022. TASS reported “The cruiser “Moskva” sank while being towed in a storm – Russian Defense […]
