Britain's defense minister said Russia has sailed the Black Sea since 1783 but is now forced to keep its fleet in port and even there its ships are not safe.
Commenting after the latest Ukrainian strikes on the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, the British defense minister has said Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been rendered 'functionally inactive.'Grant Shapps shared a post on X, formerly Twitter, by the Ukrainian defense ministry claiming responsibility for missile strikes on Sevastopol on Sunday.
Although it only has a small navy, Ukraine has used missiles and naval drones to great effect against Russian vessels, crippling its naval capabilities.The Hudson Institute think tank told Newsweek earlier this month that Ukraine had sunk or heavily damaged around a third of the Black Sea Fleet, and this would increase to a half by next year.
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