Black Sea Fleet
Russian naval unit
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| November 12 2024 | Valery Trankovsky, Captain of the 1st Rank and chief of staff of a missile boat brigade, was killed in a car bomb explosion in Crimea, prompting a terrorism investigation by the Russian government. |
| June 6 2024 | A Project 498 'Saturn' tugboat was destroyed by a Ukrainian naval strike. |
| May 21 2024 | Mikhail Chekov rescue tug launched as part of the Black Sea Fleet |
| May 19 2024 | Ukrainian forces destroyed the Project 22800 Karakurt class Tsiklon missile corvette in Sevastopol using ATACMS missiles. |
| March 24 2024 | Ukraine launched a missile attack against the Black Sea Fleet, with a spokesperson claiming they had disabled or damaged one-third of the fleet. |
| March 23 2024 | Ukrainian defense forces hit the Russian Ropucha-class landing ship Yamal, causing critical damage with a hole in the upper deck that caused the ship to roll to the starboard side. |
| March 23 2024 | Ukrainian defense forces hit Ropucha-class landing ships Yamal and Azov, as well as the landing ship Kostiantyn Olshansky. |
| February 14 2024 | Ukraine released video showing the sinking of the Ropucha-class landing ship Tsezar Kunikov off the coast of Crimea. |
| February 9 2024 | Multiple Black Sea Fleet amphibious vessels from Baltic and Northern Fleets enter the Black Sea, including Ropucha-class ships Minsk, Korolev, Kaliningrad, Georgy Pobedonosets, and Olenegorsky Gornyak, along with Ivan Gren-class vessel Pyotr Morgunov, for active operations in the invasion of Ukraine. |
| February 1 2024 | Ukraine released video purporting to show the sinking of the Tarantul-class vessel Ivanovets using an unmanned surface vehicle. |
| 2023 | Missile corvette Tsiklon was claimed destroyed by Ukrainian officials |
| 2023 | Missile corvettes Amur and Tucha were deployed to the Black Sea via inland waterways and reported at Novorossiysk |
| 2023 | Steregushchiy-class multi-role corvette Mercury is commissioned, but is unable to reach the Black Sea due to Turkey's blockade of the Bosphorus Strait. |
| 2023 | A Ukrainian missile strike targeted the Black Sea Fleet Headquarters in Sevastopol. |
| December 25 2023 | The large landing ship Novocherkassk was struck by Ukrainian aircraft with guided missiles in Port of Feodosiya. |
| November 4 2023 | Ukrainian forces struck the Zalyv Shipbuilding yard in Kerch, damaging the Karakurt-class corvette Askold. |
| September 22 2023 | Ukraine hit the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet using a Storm Shadow missile, killing at least 6 people. |
| September 13 2023 | Storm Shadow missiles struck Sevastopol port, seriously damaging the Rostov na Donu submarine and the Ropucha-class landing ship Minsk. |
| September 12 2023 | Submarine B-237 Rostov-na-Donu is heavily damaged by a Ukrainian cruise missile strike while dry docked at Sevastopol |
| August 4 2023 | The Ropucha-class landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak was seriously damaged near Novorossiysk, possibly by a Ukrainian sea drone. |
| May 2023 | Ukrainian forces claimed to have damaged the Ivan Khurs vessel using an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV), though the ship reportedly returned to port with minimal damage |
| February 9 2023 | Multiple amphibious vessels from the Baltic and Northern Fleets (Minsk, Korolev, Kaliningrad, Georgy Pobedonosets, Olenegorsky Gornyak, and Pyotr Morgunov) entered the Black Sea and were reported on active operations during the invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2022 | Plans to add a Surface-to-surface missile battalion with Iskander SSMs to the Black Sea Fleet's ground forces. |
| October 29 2022 | Ukrainian forces used an Unmanned Aerial and Submarine Vehicle to strike Russian forces in Sevastopol, slightly damaging the minesweeper Ivan Golubets. |
| August 17 2022 | Viktor Sokolov was appointed as the new fleet commander, reportedly due to security threats. |
| August 9 2022 | Explosions at Saky airbase destroyed several fighter planes of the fleet's naval aviation, putting more than half of naval combat jets out of use. |
| June 17 2022 | Russian rescue tug Vasily Bekh was reportedly sunk near Snake Island by anti-ship missiles. |
| May 2022 | Ukrainian forces destroyed a Serna Class landing craft (D-199) using a Bayraktar TB2 drone at Snake Island, demonstrating the effectiveness of drone warfare in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. |
| May 2022 | Patrol ship Sergey Kotov reported as commissioned |
| May 2022 | Analysis suggested the Russian Navy might be able to move Kilo-class submarines between the Black Sea and Baltic via internal waterways. |
| May 15 2022 | Vsevolod Bobrov returns unharmed to Sevastopol after the alleged attack |
| May 11 2022 | Ukrainian officials claim the Vsevolod Bobrov suffered major fire damage during a night attack |
| May 8 2022 | Ukrainian forces destroyed two Raptor-class patrol boats, claiming 46 Russian crew members were killed. |
| April 14 2022 | Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed the sinking of the Moskva. |
| April 13 2022 | Flagship Moskva was severely damaged after an explosion, with Ukraine claiming it hit the ship with two Neptune cruise missiles. |
| March 24 2022 | Ukrainian military destroyed the Russian Tapir-class landing ship Saratov at the Port of Berdiansk. |
| March 19 2022 | Deputy Commander of Russian Black Sea Fleet, Captain First Rank Andrey Nikolaevich Paliy, was killed in action near Mariupol. |
| March 14 2022 | Russian forces captured approximately a dozen Ukrainian ships in Berdiansk, including various classes of military vessels. |
| March 3 2022 | The Ukrainian patrol vessel Sloviansk was reported sunk by Russian naval action. |
| February 26 2022 | Russian forces conducted an amphibious assault at Mariupol, utilizing half of their landing ships in the Black Sea. |
| February 24 2022 | During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Black Sea Fleet played a crucial role in military operations, launching missile strikes and naval attacks along the Ukrainian coastline. |
| February 24 2022 | Russian cruiser Moskva and patrol ship Vasily Bykov bombarded and captured Snake Island in the Danube Delta. |
| January 2022 | Vsevolod Bobrov arrives in the Black Sea |
| 2021 | Logistics Support Vessel Vsevolod Bobrov of Project 23120 class enters service in the Black Sea Fleet |
| 2021 | Seagoing minesweeper Georgy Kurbatov of the Alexandrit class is added to the Black Sea Fleet's active units. |
| December 2021 | The 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment was integrated and reinforced the strength of the 7th Guards Air Assault Division, with plans for redeployment to Feodosia in Crimea. |
| December 2021 | Reported plan to deploy the Priboy-class helicopter assault ship Mitrofan Moskalenko as a fleet flagship in the near future. |
| November 25 2021 | US destroyer USS Arleigh Burke entered the Black Sea, continuing international naval presence. |
| November 2 2021 | US destroyer USS Porter entered the Black Sea amid rising regional tensions. |
| June 23 2021 | The United Kingdom's HMS Defender conducted a freedom of navigation patrol through disputed waters around the Crimean Peninsula, leading to a confrontation with Russian forces. The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed they fired warning shots and dropped bombs from a Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft near the ship, alleging it had strayed into Russian-claimed waters. The UK military denied receiving warning shots and maintained the ship was conducting an innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters. |
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