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Nicholas Cecil

Vladimir Putin forced to withdraw ships from main Crimea port by Ukrainian attacks, say military experts

Vladimir Putin has been forced to withdraw ships from his Black Sea Fleet’s main Crimea port by Ukrainian attacks, military experts said on Sunday.

The drone and missile strikes have “changed Russian naval operating patterns,” according to the Institute for the Study of War, causing Putin’s Black Sea Fleet “to move some ships away from its main base in occupied Sevastopol”.

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