In Sign of Retreat by Sea, Russia Diverts Submarines From Its Crimea Base

In a sign that Russia’s recent retreat from occupied areas liberated by Ukrainian forces is not yet complete, nor limited to land, the Russian navy has begun shifting its battle-class submarines away from their base at Sevastopol. Navalnews reported that in recent weeks four Kilo Class submarines have left their designated berths at Russia’s naval headquarters on the illegally occupied Crimean peninsula and surfaced at Novorossiysk, a Black Sea port city on the Russian mainland between Sochi and the Kerch Bridge link to Crimea.