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Ukraine degrades Russia's Black Sea Fleet

A defense analyst says Ukraine's sustained strikes have reduced Russia's Black Sea Fleet to a tool for ground support, stripping its operational freedom.

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A defense analyst assesses that Ukraine's sustained drone and missile campaign has severely degraded Russia's Black Sea Fleet. The strikes have stripped the fleet of its operational freedom, largely confining it to a single firing position near the coast. This has reduced the once formidable power-projection force to a tool primarily supporting Russian ground operations in Ukraine.
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