Putin’s Great Black Sea Fleet Is ‘Total Waste’: Retired U.S. General:
The Russian fleet is "terrified to go anywhere near the Ukrainian coastline" and has been ...
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Ben Hodges Calls Russia’s Black Sea Fleet a FailureThe retired U.S. general says the fleet is hiding behind Crimea and avoiding Ukraine’s coastline.
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- Before February 24, the fleet had essentially controlled the entire Black Sea, Hodges said.
- The Moskva sank; Ukraine and Russia gave different causes, while U.S. officials later attributed it to two Ukrainian missiles.
- According to Politico, Ukrainian drone and missile strikes damaged or destroyed several smaller Russian vessels on Snake Island.
- Hodges said Ukrainian forces could soon fire HIMARS rockets at Sevastopol, making the fleet untenable.
The Great Black Sea Fleet, other than their submarines, I think, is a total waste. It hasn't been in the fight. And as Ukrainian forces get closer and closer to Crimea, soon they're going to be able to start launching HIMARS [High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems] rockets and other rockets into Sevastopol, making it untenable for the Russian Black Sea Fleet.— Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, in a Renew Democracy Initiative video with New Debate
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