Occupiers increase number of missile carriers in Black Sea to three, total salvo – 16 missiles

13:51, 17.04.2023 1 min read

As of Monday, there are seven enemy warships on duty in the Black Sea, including three carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles with a total salvo of up to 16 missiles, the Ukrainian Navy has said on Facebook.

There is one enemy warship on duty in the Sea of Azov and seven in the Mediterranean Sea, including three Kalibr carriers with a total salvo of up to 20 missiles.

In the past 24 hours, eleven vessels passed through the occupied Kerch-Yenikal Strait to the Sea of Azov, of which one vessel continued to move from the Bosphorus Strait, and seven to the the Black Sea.

"The Russian Federation continues to violate the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) by turning off automatic identification systems (AIS) on civilian ships in the Sea of Azov," the report says.