‘Russia Has Lost the Black Sea’: Zelenskyy Just Declared Victory in Crimea — and Officials Are Reportedly Evacuating Sensitive Documents
Zelenskyy said 33 Russian combat ships have been hit as Ukraine’s maritime campaign and strikes in occupied Crimea erode Moscow’s naval power.
- During events marking Ukraine's Navy Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that Russia has "lost the Black Sea," crediting the Naval Forces with shifting the maritime balance during the ongoing invasion.
- Footage released from a coordination meeting in Odesa revealed updated damage figures for Russia's Black Sea Fleet; President Zelenskyy announced plans to establish a new Naval Academy to expand officer training.
- Defense Ministry advisor Serhii Sternenko highlighted figures showing Russia's Black Sea Fleet sustained 4 destroyed main combat ships, 15 destroyed landing ships, and 3 destroyed auxiliary vessels since the invasion began.
- Ukraine's maritime campaign, involving long-range missile strikes and naval drone attacks, has targeted logistics infrastructure in occupied Crimea to prevent the Black Sea from becoming a safe haven for Russian forces.
- The partisan movement Atesh reported that Russia has begun reassigning Black Sea Fleet personnel to new drone warfare units, citing heavy naval losses and a declining operational role for the fleet.
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‘Russia Has Lost the Black Sea’: Zelenskyy Just Declared Victory in Crimea — and Officials Are Reportedly Evacuating Sensitive Documents
Ukraine Is Making Crimea A Liability for Russia: Ukraine’s campaign to isolate occupied Crimea gathered pace again this week when another string of long-range strikes hit Russian military infrastructure across the peninsula. Overnight on June 30-July 1, Ukrainian forces struck a railway bridge near the village of Ichky, damaging a crossing that Russian forces were using to move troops and military equipment to the southern front. Also this week,…
Zelensky declares ‘Russia has lost the Black Sea’
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on July 4 that Russia has “lost the Black Sea,” while footage released from a meeting with Ukraine’s Naval Forces revealed updated figures on damage inflicted on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet since the start of the full-scale invasion. Speaking during events marking Ukraine’s Navy Day, Zelenskyy credited the country’s Naval...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Russia has lost control of the Black Sea. In a post on X, he speaks of ‘a victory that many believed was impossible’. Does he have a point, or is this a case of war propaganda?
Ukrainian strikes regularly target the Russian fleet, ports and infrastructure of Crimea, territory annexed by Moscow in 2014. ...
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