On Tuesday, the Ukrainian military said its forces had taken out Russia's Tsiklon corvette in a strike over the weekend on Russian-controlled Crimea.
Russia has likely moved two of its missile-armed corvettes away from the Black Sea as Ukrainian strikes pose a 'continued danger' to Moscow's forces around Crimea, according to a new assessment.Russia has likely transferred two Karakurt-class vessels from the Black Sea further east to the Caspian Sea after 'a series of successful Ukrainian attacks,' the U.K. Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Although the loss of the Tsiklon is 'unlikely to significantly change the impact the Russian Navy is having on Ukrainian operations, it does highlight a continued danger to Russian forces operating in the Crimea and Black Sea region and ongoing continued success when conducting coordinated strikes,' the British Defense Ministry said.Newsweek has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.
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