Ukrainian Navy: two Russian ships with Kalibr missiles operating in Black Sea

The Ukrainian Navy has reported that Russian forces gathered ships in three seas with a total of 88 3M-54 Kalibr cruise missiles on board.

Source: the Ukrainian Navy

Details: The Navy states that :

• in the Black Sea: 15 Russian warships are on combat duty, including 2 carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles, with a total of 12 missiles on board;
• in the Sea of Azov: the Russians continue to control sea communications, keeping 2 ships on combat duty;
• in the Mediterranean Sea: 9 Russian warships, including 5 carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles, carrying a total of 76 missiles 

Background: On the afternoon of 5 December, Ukraine’s Air Force shot down more than 60 Russian-launched missiles at the territory of Ukraine. Air defence forces shot down the missiles over Kyiv, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.

On 5 December, Russia fired missiles at Ukraine with a total cost of approximately US$400-500 million.

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