The combat core of the Black Sea Fleet of the aggressor country, Russia, consists of 30 ships, among which about ten are launch vehicles. In total, Russia maintains 80 vessels of various types in Crimea.
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Here we need to separate and talk first of all about launch vehicles. Their number fluctuates around ten. This figure changes periodically, because some ships come in and others go out for maintenance. On average there are ten plus or minus one or two units in the Azov-Black Sea region, and this basin should be considered as the only one, since it is more or less closed. Sometimes they overturn launch vehicles in Azov, which, in principle, does not affect anything,” said Dmitry Pletenchuk, speaker of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in an interview with Ukrinform.
In general, Russia maintains more than 30 combat units, including cruise missile carriers (underwater, surface), the number of which also fluctuates, including five or six submarines.
This also includes patrol, patrol, and missile boats that have anti-ship launch systems. That is, more than 30 powerful units that are the combat core of the Black Sea Fleet,” Pletenchuk said.
In addition, there are even smaller units – various frame boats of smaller size, lower value, for example, boats of the Chamois or Raptor type.
These are also combat units, they are armed, they are patrol boats, but they really do not have the capabilities that large units have,” said a Navy representative.
There is also an auxiliary fleet that performs various logistics tasks – we are talking about armed military tugs, tankers, and various vessels that support the life of the fleet.
In addition, the maritime security of the Russian FSB is still present in the Azov-Black Sea waters. There you can count up to 20 units of ships and boats, ten of which are constantly at sea guarding the so-called Crimean Bridge. So the total number can be estimated at around 80 units,” the speaker explained.
Source: Racurs
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