Why Russia Is "Redeploying" Warships Based In Crimea Out of Ukraine Missile Range

The implication is that Russia fears that its military bases in Crimea are now vulnerable to Ukrainian missile attack - and, potentially - that Ukraine forces may eventually attack Russian-occupied Crimea itself, especially the historic naval base in Sebastopol, which was the locus of the 1856 Crimean War that pitted France and Great Britain against Russia. It was during that conflict and on Crimea that "The Charge of the Light Brigade" occurred. 

Sebastopol has always been a base of strategic value because it gave Russia a warm weather port. That is why Putin wanted it in 2014, but it may be that his hold on it may now be threatened. Sebastopol is where the warship Moskva was based before Ukraine sank it. JL

Euromaidan reports:

A significant number of Russian warships were redeployed from Sevastopol in the occupied Crimea to Russia’s port of Novorossiysk. "According to the information of our Navy, the enemy has redeployed a significant number of warships from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk. Russian ships were earlier deployed in missile-proof areas in the zone covered by coastal air defense systems, as close as possible to the coast."

A significant number of Russian warships were redeployed from Sevastopol in the occupied Crimea to Russia’s port of Novorossiysk.

That’s according to Serhiy Bratchuk, adviser to the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, who reported the news via Telegram, as seen by Ukrinform.

"According to the information of our Navy, the enemy has redeployed a significant number of warships from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk. Russian ships were earlier deployed in missile-proof areas in the zone covered by coastal air defense systems, as close as possible to the coast," said the official.

According to Bratchuk, the enemy continues to control maritime navigation in the Sea of ​​Azov in order to illegally export products seized in Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, citing Operational Command South, Russia retains in the Black Sea two missile carriers and a large landing craft.