There are no enemy ships in Black and Azov Seas - Navy
As of 07:00 a.m. Monday, March 18, there are no russian warships in the Black and Azov Seas.
This was announced by the command of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Telegram channel, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
"There are no enemy ships in the waters of the Black Sea; there are no enemy ships in the Sea of Azov; in the Mediterranean Sea there are 3 enemy ships, of which 2 are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles, the total salvo is up to 12 missiles," the message said.
During the day, in the interests of the russian federation, passage through the Kerch Strait was carried out by:
- to the Sea of Azov - 30 vessels, of which 4 were moving from the Bosphorus Strait;
- to the Black Sea - 10 ships, of which 2 continued their movement in the direction of the Bosphorus Strait.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, as of the morning of March 16, there was not a single enemy ship in the Black and Azov seas either.
On the night of March 4-5, a patrol ship of project 22160 named "Sergey Kotov" was destroyed in the Kerch Strait.
The occupiers' ship was sunk as a result of an attack by Ukrainian Magura V5 naval drones. Having received three damages, "Sergey Kotov" sank.
On February 14 of this year, the large amphibious assault ship "Tsezar Kunikov" was sunk in the Black Sea near the city of Alupka.
And on the night of February 1, the Ukrainian military sank the missile ship "Ivanovets", the cost of which is about USD 60 million.