Ukraine attacks forced Black Sea Fleet to move
21/10/2024 6:06
Russia's Black Sea Fleet has
been forced to move many warships from the naval base of
Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsular, which Russia annexed in
2014, due to attacks by Ukraine, a Russian-installed official
was quoted as saying on Sunday.
The remarks by Dmitry Rogozin, a Russian-installed senator
for the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia region and a former head
of Russia's space agency, are the first Russian official
confirmation that the fleet has had to move from Sevastopol.
Ukraine has repeatedly said its attacks on Russian warships
in the Black Sea have forced Moscow to move ships to
Novorossiisk.
Rogozin told the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper that Russia
needed to get more serious about its drone development, the
organisation of its military drone units and the development of
electronic warfare and satellite positioning systems.
"A military-technical revolution is taking place before our
very eyes," Rogozin said of the development of drones and
electronic warfare, adding that the pace of innovation was
changing the situation at the front every month.
"The Black Sea Fleet is an illustrative example," Rogozin
was quoted as saying. "It was forced to change, basically, its
residence due to the fact that our large ships became just big
targets for unmanned enemy boats."
Russia had been behind on drone technology at the start of
the 2022 war, and although it has since made significant
advances, it needed to move faster, particularly in the focus of
its weapons spending and the creation of special drone
regiments, Rogozin said.
He said satellite and surface guidance systems that could
overcome electronic warfare were of particular importance to
allow accurate targetting.
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