Kyiv said Moscow's Rostov-on-Don, which had been undergoing repairs since a Ukrainian strike hit the sub last year, was destroyed.
In the wake of Ukraine destroying one of Russia's few submarines in the Black Sea, Moscow's choices about how to move its remaining vessels are limited—and at the mercy of NATO member Turkey.Unless Russia keeps its handful of submarines in the Black Sea constantly moving, 'they will essentially just be sitting ducks' for future Ukrainian drone and missile strikes, Davis Ellison, an analyst with the Netherlands-based Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, told Newsweek.
Moscow has moved many of its vessels toward its Novorossiysk base, and satellite imagery indicates Russia is establishing another Black Sea base in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia.Russia is thought to have three submarines remaining in the Black Sea. But access to the sea is controlled by NATO member Turkey, and has been since the early days of the full-scale war in Ukraine from February 2022.
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