Russia struggles to secure missile boats in Crimea targeting Odesa, Chornomorsk routes

He shared the information on Espreso TV.

“At the Novoozerne basing point on Lake Donuzlav in Crimea, there are Russian missile boats with supersonic Moskit missiles. If the ships are going through the northwestern part of the Black Sea to the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk, these boats should leave from the area of Cape Tarkhankut and launch a missile attack on the ships, intercepting the shipping. Now it is much more difficult for the Russians to keep this base secure than it was two years ago,” Ryzhenko said.

According to him, the Ukrainian Defense Forces obtained information about the location of Russian groups at the base on Lake Donuzlav.

"A sabotage raid was planned and executed. Many military structures supporting the operation of the Russian base were attacked and disabled or destroyed. This has made it much more difficult for boats supporting the blockade of the central Black Sea to remain. This successful operation aimed to reopen Ukrainian navigation," Ryzhenko explained.

• Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) maritime and airborne drones attacked the Russian coast guard base on Lake Donuzlav in temporarily occupied Crimea.