Black Sea: 14 Russian warships on combat duty, one of them carrying Kalibr missiles

Russia is keeping 14 warships on combat duty in the Black Sea, including a Kalibr cruise missile carrier, as well as five missile carriers in the Mediterranean, with 76 missiles on board.

That’s according to the press service of the Ukrainian Naval Command, Ukrinform reports.

"As of November 13, 2022, fourteen enemy warships are on combat duty in the Black Sea, of which one is a Kalibr cruise missile carrier, with a total salvo of eight missiles; in the Sea of ​​Azov, the enemy continues to control sea communications routes by keeping a warship on combat duty; in the Mediterranean Sea they have 10 warships, of which five are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles, the total salvo is 76 missiles," the statement says.

It is noted that throughout the day, in the interests of the Russian Federation, 30 vessels passed through the Kerch-Yenikal Strait to the Sea of ​​Azov, of which four moved from the Bosphorus Strait. Through the same strait, in the opposite direction, to the Black Sea, 32 vessels passed, of which nine vessels are en route toward the Bosphorus Strait.

The Navy states that the Russian Federation continues to violate the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea of ​​1974 (SOLAS) by turning off automatic identification systems (AIS) on civilian vessels in the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov.

As reported, the Armed Forces of Ukraine from February 24 to November 9 eliminated about 80,210 Russian soldiers, including 810 in the past day alone.