Ukraine attacks forced Black Sea Fleet to move warships from Sevastopol, Russian official says
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Ukraine attacks forced Black Sea Fleet to move warships from Sevastopol, Russian official says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - 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, opens new tab 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.
