Russia continues to redeploy Black Sea Fleet from Crimea, Ukraine promises ‘new steps’ to target it

Russia is continuing the redeployment of its Black Sea Fleet from occupied #Crimea to the relative safety of #Novorossiysk after yet more successful strikes on its ships, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) reported on March 21.

Speaking on national television, HUR spokesperson Andrii Yusov said Black Sea Fleet headquarters infrastructure and warships “are being actively relocated.”

“The redeployment to Novorossiysk continues, although they cannot completely leave temporarily occupied Crimea without naval forces as such,” he said, adding: “Otherwise, that would mean fleeing.”

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-continues-to-redeploy-black-sea-fleet/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #BlackSeaFleet #StandWithUkraine

Ukraine wants to receive long-range missiles from the West to attack targets in #Russia, #Iran and #Syria, where the #Shahed #drones are produced.

This is reported by The #Guardian with reference to the secret 47-page document that #Kiev has sent to its Western partners.

"The above may be carried out by the Ukrainian defence forces if partners provide the necessary means of destruction," Kiev suggests.

According to the article, "52 electrical components manufactured by western companies were found in the Shahed-131 drone and 57 in the Shahed-136 model, which has a flight range of 2,000km and cruising speed of 180kmh."

Meanwhile, almost all imports to Iran come from #Turkey, #India, #Kazakhstan, #Uzbekistan, #Vietnam and #CostaRica (funny they excluded China and UAE/Farhad)

According to the document, Iran has already diversified its production by using a Syrian factory with delivery to the Russian port of #Novorossiysk. It is also moving drone production to Russia's #Tatarstan.

The document says that the Iranian government is trying to "disassociate itself from providing Russia with weapons" and "cannot cope with Russian demand and the intensity of use in #Ukraine".

#UkraineWar #Politics #NATO #StopTheWar #PeaceNow