This was announced by the spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy Dmytro Pletenchuk on the air of the telethon United News.
"The main facilities for the russians are still in Crimea. But we’ve demonstrated in practice that using repair bases for their Black Sea fleet is no longer possible. To repair their ships, they first need to bring them there. And now, no one will be doing that," Dmytro Pletenchuk stated.
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He recalled instances of the destruction of the Cyclone missile ship of project 22800, which was guarding the Sevastopol Bay, the strike on the Rostov-na-Donu submarine (which had already been damaged twice), and the strike on the MRK Askold in Kerch.
"These incidents make it clear to the russians that using Crimea for repairs is simply no longer feasible. While there are repair facilities in Novorossiysk, they don’t compare to the ones left in occupied Ukrainian Crimea," the spokesperson added.
Dmitro Pletenchuk also mentioned that while the russians have the capability to build small missile ships in Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan, it is not currently cost-effective for them.
"The last two ships of the Karakurt project, Askold and Cyclone, had to leave the Azov-Black Sea region. They are now stationed in the Caspian Sea," he said.
Dmitro Pletenchuk also pointed out that only one russian submarine remains in the Black Sea, tasked with guarding the base point. The rest of the patrol operations are being carried out by enemy aviation.
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