"Undermines entire Russian Black Sea Fleet": Ukrainian general on submarine sinking in Sevastopol

He shared his opinions with Espreso TV.

"The sinking is an extremely important factor. One of the four submarines was destroyed. That is, 25% of the Russian submarine fleet was devalued. This is a very painstaking work that includes space and radio reconnaissance, which intercepts, various formats of controlling communications with the command, headquarters, and then directly controlling the movement on a surface format. It is extremely difficult to sink a submarine when it is on combat duty underwater. It is necessary to clearly track their movements, movement of their deployment area for repairs, replenishment of ammunition, equipment, fuel, etc. The intelligence, special services and strike missile forces carried out a set of tasks. The work was very successful. This undermines not only the ‘submarine’ fleet, but the entire Russian Black Sea Fleet, which today has no real ability to dominate the Black and Azov Seas. We are pursuing it systematically. The Russian commanders are afraid to go on combat duty, as they are waiting for a strike, destruction or damage to the ship at any moment," said Malomuzh.

According to him, the destruction of the submarine means that fewer Kalibr missiles can be launched at Ukraine.

"The submarine equipped with Kalibr missiles has been repaired and tested for combat missions. We could have another strike in the near future. The most effective way to prevent missile attacks is to destroy their carriers: submarines, launchers and aircraft, which is what we are doing," the general added.

From now on, Russia will be very cautious about putting its submarines on combat duty, Malomuzh said.

"Now the Russians have three submarines left, one of which is under repair, and two can launch missiles. They can launch up to 16 missiles at a time, but there are technical problems. They need to carry out routine maintenance and replace parts, and they are not available in sufficient quantities today. We destroyed a number of ammunition depots with Kalibr missiles. This is another topic - supplies via a ferry crossing. They don't do it through the Kerch bridge because they are awaiting strikes. The enemy will now be very cautious about putting their submarines on combat duty, assuming that we will use other systems. There are location systems and specifically the detection of submarines in the submerged state by the latest means - there may be strikes with depth charges or underwater drones. This is another realistic prospect of their destruction. But the fact that the potential has decreased is clear," he summarized.

• On August 3, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian army had sunk a Russian submarine in Sevastopol.