"We are carefully monitoring the [Russian] naval group in the Black Sea and the enemy's actions. Atypical activity and the number of ship grouping were recorded. Currently, there are 20 [naval] units in the Black Sea, including four missile carriers - one of which is underwater - 28 missiles, at most, can be equipped for launch," she said adding that there also are many auxilliary ships.Air raid alerts were declared all across Ukraine at about 9:05, although they were triggered by the activity of a Russian aircraft in Belarus, capable of carrying the Kinzhal missile that the Ukrainian air defenses cannot shoot down:
Humeniuk said all the ships are scattered, so she suggested that the Russians may be trying to locate the wreckage of the downed American drone as Russia's Security Council Secretary Patrushev said earlier.The Belarusian monitoring project Belaruski Hayun reports the takeoff of the Russian MiG-31K aircraft capable of carrying a Kinzhal missile from the Belarusian airfield Machulishchy at 9:00
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 16, 2023
Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 385: US drone brought down by Russian aircraft over Black Sea
Humeniuk notes that the occupiers are trying to "cover the theater of naval operations in the Black Sea as much as possible and to hide their actions" from the Ukrainian defenders. CNN says the Russians have reached the MQ-9 crash site in the Black Sea, according to two US officials. Senior officials at Russia's Ministry of Defense ordered Russian fighter jets to harass a US drone over the Black Sea this week, according to two US officials familiar with the intelligence, CNN reported.MQ-Reaper US drone wreckage may never be recovered, White House spokesman John Kirby said (https://t.co/cGJfJpjTWo)
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 15, 2023
Meanwhile, Russia will attempt to retrieve the drone wreckage from the Black Sea, Russian Security Council Secretary Patrushev says (https://t.co/FezB26cOAj)
