Category: Sevastopol

Russia Claims to Have Foiled Ukrainian Drone Strike on Key Naval Base in Crimea

April 24, 2023
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Russian defenses thwarted a waterborne drone attack on the Crimean Port of Sevastopol—home to Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet—top Russian officials have claimed. “Today … the Kyiv regime attempted to attack the Black Sea Fleet’s base in the city of Sevastopol with three unmanned speedboats,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily briefing for April…

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Moscow Pushes Claims of British Complicity in Black Sea, Baltic Attacks

November 8, 2022
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Russia dropped a bombshell late last month when it claimed an attack on its Black Sea Fleet had been carried out with the aid of “British specialists.” Moscow went on to assert that the same unit of “specialists” had also played a leading role in a September attack on its Nord Stream gas pipeline. London,…

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Russia Halts Black Sea Grain Deal after Attack, Points Finger at UK

October 31, 2022
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Russia has announced its withdrawal from a UN-brokered agreement with Kyiv that had guaranteed the safe shipment of Ukrainian wheat through the Black Sea. The move came in response to an attack on Russian naval vessels docked in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, for which Moscow has blamed Ukrainian forces working in tandem with British…

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