… from launching an attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Ukrainian units also reportedly … 2024 incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.  Frontline Russian troops obtained contraband … , military analysts assumed that Russia would have overwhelming air superiority …

… April 2022 sinking of the Black Sea Fleet flagship Moskva exposed layered vulnerabilities … what has happened to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. One of the earliest humiliations … flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. It was also the largest Russian warship ever …

… monitoring, Western attention to Russia‑linked shadow fleets is translating into concrete … no longer stops at the Black Sea, with reported strikes against Moscow … , but about normalization. Russian naval units and shadow‑fleet shipping are operating …

… . (Picture source: Northropgrumman) The Black Sea remains a contested strategic environment … region maintain heightened awareness of Russian naval activity, coastal defense … high-altitude long-endurance unmanned fleet, optimized for persistent intelligence, …

Russia is preparing to formalize a ban on cargo vessels that have previously visited Ukrainian, Romanian, or Bulgarian ports from entering Russian territorial waters.  According to an internal document from the Tuapse Bulker Terminal, the Russian Ministry …

… ’s Sea Drones Broke Russia’s Black Sea Fleet—and Moscow Still Can’t … British Ministry of Defense, the Russian Black Sea Fleet had become “functionally inactive ” by … The Debacle In The Black Sea? Russia has shifted its Black Sea fleet strategy from aggressive …

… powerless to stop Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’ from operating? There … that the operators of shadow fleet tankers quickly became adept at … risk of Russian escalation. Ukrainian civilian shipping in the Black Sea, especially of …

… the Russian Shadow Fleet. About two-thirds of Russian oil smuggling shadow fleet ships … shadow fleet tankers. These included using naval drones in the Black Sea to … sink or disable Russian tankers. This happened …

… Novorossiysk, where remnants of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet had fled from Crimea, … and internal demographic stagnation, the Russian government has intensified its rhetoric … audible, repetitive soundbites from the Russian leader. When assessing the practical …

… simultaneously facing a rapid Russian upload campaign,” Gottemoeller testified … infrastructure targeted in the Black Sea port city of Odesa.  … ; Julia Davis, founder, Russian Media Monitor; retired Air … Life,” with testimony from Fleet Master Chief David Isom …