Four Days After A Ukrainian Drone Assault, Russia’s Black Sea Flagship Is Still Afloat

‘Admiral Makarov’ in 2018. Russian defense ministry photo The Ukrainian drone assault on Sevastopol, the home port of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, may have damaged one of the fleet’s two best...

The Russian Black Sea Fleet May Have Lost Another Flagship

‘Admiral Makarov.’ Wikimedia Commons The Ukrainian navy for months has been hunting the Russian navy frigate Admiral Makarov. It seems the Ukrainians finally got a shot at the 409-foot, mi...

A Journalist Just Spotted Russia’s ‘Admiral Makarov’ Frigate, Intact And At Sea

‘Admiral Makarov’ before the war. Photo via Wikimedia Commons H.I. Sutton, an independent journalist focusing on naval warfare, has spotted more than a dozen of the Russian Black Sea Fleet...

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Started The War With Eight ‘Raptor’ Patrol Boats. It Might Have Three Left.

A ‘Raptor’ patrol boat. Photo via Wikipedia In 10 weeks of fighting, Ukraine’s TB-2 drones and anti-tank missile teams have wreaked havoc on the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s patrol boat floti...

The Russian Frigate ‘Admiral Makarov’ Might Be The Juiciest Target In The Black Sea

‘Admiral Makarov.’ Russian navy photo After the dramatic sinking of the missile-cruiser Moskva by a Ukrainian missile battery on April 14, the Russian Black Sea Fleet is down to just three...