These activities started after a "series of explosions" in Crimea, that’s what Vadym Skibitskyi, the representative for the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, told the journalists of the Crimea.Realities, a project of the RFE/RL.
According to the official, the russians have moved all the support staff of the Black Sea Fleet to Novorossiysk, where another naval base of the russian army is located.
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"We don’t rule out that some particular warships, supply vessels will be transferred from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk as well. To avoid strikes. As for the relocations, the Crimean group [of russian forces – ed.] hasn’t changed on the Crimean Peninsula, other than the fact that the aviation was redeployed and dispersed over air bases in the russian federation. Also, the air defense was strengthened by deploying additional anti-aircraft systems," said Skibitskyi.
The intelligence official noted, that russians have adopted a "more thorough attitude toward such concepts as a terroristic threat, air threat, and are consistently working these issues out during drills."
Noteworthy, he did not specify when this "series of strikes" took place, after which the russians started to cotton on to the real threat. These words may refer to some recent events, like the unconfirmed explosions earlier this week, or the ones dating back to early August, when the Saky airport got hit together with at least nine valuable aircraft.
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