The russians have started hiding their missile carriers in the Black Sea behind civilian vessels. This was reported by Serhiy Bratchuk, representative of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army "South" and head of the Public Council under the Odesa Oblast Military Administration, during a broadcast of the national Ukrainian TV news marathon on October 10.
"If we talk about the potential threat of the russian Black Sea fleet, they still have missile carriers, which are based in Novorossiysk and periodically go out not just for combat duty. It should be noted that the russians have not just failed to change their tactics—they are repeating them, as they often do on land, and now at sea too. They are making their squadrons 'invisible' by hiding them behind civilian ships, as was the case near Gelendzhik", - Bratchuk said.
According to him, after successful Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on Feodosia, the russians are particularly concerned about security issues, forcing them to move out into the Black Sea to scatter their ships.
"They understand that the Defense Forces don’t rely solely on 'Palianytsias' or 'Neptuns'—they also have unmanned naval drones. In addition, the Security Service of Ukraine has reminded us that we have new developments", - the speaker added.