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Black Fleet Came Under Ukrainian Attack

Nadin Brzezinski
3 min readOct 29, 2022

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Screen cap from the video

The black fleet is based at Sevastopol; overnight, it came under attack. We don’t know much yet. However, Ukraine Command South posted this, and some of this is still not confirmed:

In “Pivden” OK commented on the destruction of Russian ships in Sevastopol Currently, there is no official confirmation of the information about the destruction of three “Calibre” missile carrier ships in the Sevastopol Bay.

However, the “South” operational command assumes that the cause of the explosions could have been the unsuccessful launch of air defense missiles by the occupiers. “There is no official confirmation at the moment… the failed launch of air defense missiles may well be the cause, and we will receive official information later,” Humenyuk said. Russian ships shot down their own missiles?

There is also a video of the attack; indeed, it looked like sea-born UAVs were involved. The reaction from the Federation tells me there is more than just light damage. It’s a pattern; the worse the damage, the shrill the reaction.

According to TASS:

The Russian Federation suspends the implementation of the grain deal from today for an indefinite period, the Foreign Ministry confirmed. The Russian Federation after the suspension of participation in the grain deal gave instructions to its…

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Nadin Brzezinski
Nadin Brzezinski

Written by Nadin Brzezinski

Historian by training. Former day to day reporter. Sometimes a geek who enjoys a good miniatures game. You can find me at CounterSocial, Mastodon and rarely FB

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