According to Vadim Skibitsky, the representative of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, after a series of explosions in annexed Crimea, the russian military redeployed some of the personnel of the russian black sea fleet to Novorossiysk and distributed the aviation, which was in Crimea, on the airfields on the territory of russia.
“Those personnel who are not directly involved and have auxiliary functions were relocated from the military headquarters to Novorossiysk. We do not exclude that some warships and supply vessels will also be moved from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk. In order to avoid strikes. The command in Crimea has not changed on the Crimean peninsula, despite the fact that aviation has been redeployed and concentrated on airfields of the russian federation, the air defense has been strengthened due to the transfer of additional air defense forces and ammunition,” Vadim Skibitsky said.
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Moreover, the representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine noted that the russian troops in Crimea began to “consider such concepts as the terrorist threat, the threat from the air more thoroughly, they work on these issues during exercises.”
According to Vadym Skibitsky, the russian army continues to move military equipment, ammunition, and personnel through Crimea, using the Kerch bridge, the protection of which “has been strengthened since the beginning of the war, primarily with anti-aircraft defense and a special counterintelligence regime.”
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