Black Sea Fleet

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Vasily Bykov-class patrol ship (Project 22160)

Russia's Project 22160 is a modular offshore patrol-ship class built for maritime security and endurance, but its Black Sea service exposed weak air defense and vulnerability to Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels.

Sep 11, 2026 · 10 min read

RussiaPro

Ropucha-class landing ship

The Ropucha class is a Soviet-designed tank landing ship built in Poland, combining beach-landing ramps and heavy vehicle lift with a secondary role as an armed military transport.

Sep 11, 2026

Ukraine

Ukraine's Sea Drones Reach Sochi for the First Time and Hit the Ship Repairing Kazakhstan's Oil Moorings

A daylight naval-drone raid roughly 820 kilometers from Ukrainian-held coast extends Kyiv's Black Sea campaign to Russia's eastern shore and stalls repair work on the terminal that carries Kazakhstan's crude.

Sep 4, 2026

UkrainePro

Ukraine Says Its Domestic Weapons Damaged Four Warships at Novorossiysk

Ukraine's Aug. 12 strike put Russia's last major Black Sea Fleet base within reach while sparing the Kazakh oil infrastructure Washington had asked Kyiv to protect.

Aug 13, 2026

Ukraine

Ukraine hit the Novorossiysk naval base and left the tankers alone

Ukraine's overnight strike reached Russia's relocated Black Sea Fleet base while the reported target set stayed inside Kyiv's agreement with Washington to spare pipeline infrastructure and qualifying non-Russian tankers.

Aug 12, 2026

Ukraine

Ukraine destroys Russian sea drones running on smuggled Starlink off Odesa

Russia is copying the naval-drone war Ukraine invented, and the smuggled Starlink terminals on its destroyed attack boats show it still has no control link of its own.

Jun 26, 2026

RussiaPro

Admiral Grigorovich

A Russian Black Sea Fleet frigate class, the Admiral Grigorovich (Project 11356R/Krivak V) delivers Kalibr cruise-missile land-attack strikes and provides multirole escort — a workhorse of Moscow's naval strike from the Black Sea.

Jun 5, 2026

Ukraine

An American company is mass-producing Ukraine's sea drone. It calls the design its own.

Red Cat put its V7 unmanned boat into full-rate production days before Ukrainian drones reached Russia's Baltic Fleet at Kronstadt. The two events describe one reversal: the combat-proven Ukrainian sea drone has become a Western product line.

Jun 3, 2026