As of January 1, 2023, up to five Russian ships are on combat duty in the Black Sea. Carriers of " This is reported by the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russians keep one ship in the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov. And in the Mediterranean - nine ships, of which five are carriers of Caliber cruise missiles, the total salvo is 72 missiles.

During the day, in the interests of Russia, the passage of the Kerch-Yenikal Strait was made by:.

to the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov - 23 ships, three of them moved from the Bosphorus Strait;

to the Black Sea - 27 ships, of which six continued to move towards the Bosporus Strait.

The Navy also recalled that the Russian Federation continues to violate the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea of \u200b\u200b1974 (SOLAS), turning off automatic identification systems (AIS) on civilian ships in the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov.

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Earlier, the head of Ukrainian intelligence, Kirill Budanov, said that only the name remained of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, it has long turned into a coastal defense fleet..

The Meduza publication writes that the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation has lost 15% of its combat strength since the beginning of the war. From open sources it is known about 12 sunk ships.