During the celebration of Navy Day, the Russians in Kaspiysk noticed two missile ships that had escaped from the Black Sea.
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Screenshots of these ships were published by Andrey Kharuk on the BlogSpot platform.
The video during the celebrations that took place on Sunday, July 28, showed, in particular, two small missile ships (SMS) “Amur” and “Tucha” of Project 22800 (codename “Karakurt”).
Both ships were built at the Zelenodolsk Gorky Shipyard for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. After launching, they arrived in the Black Sea for construction and testing.
However, in early May it became clear that the Russians had withdrawn them from the Black Sea, probably fearing their loss from Ukrainian missile strikes or sea kamikaze drones.
OSINT analyst MT Anderson discovered the Tucha missile ship on satellite images of the Russian naval base in Kaspiysk.
It has now emerged that the Amur missile ship, which has received the hull number 646, is based at this Caspian Flotilla base, as previously reported by Russian propaganda sites.
As a result of a missile strike by aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in early November 2023, the same type of Russian ship Askold was hit at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch in the temporarily occupied Crimea. The occupiers intended to launch this small missile ship and introduce it into the Russian Black Sea Fleet in December 2023.
However, even the presence of these ships in the Caspian Sea allows them to use Kalibr cruise missiles to strike at Ukrainian territory.
Source: Racurs
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