Russia will not withdraw its fleet from Novorossiysk despite a massive strike on the ships, Pletenchuk says

Russia will not withdraw its fleet from Novorossiysk despite a massive strike on the ships, Pletenchuk says

Russia will not withdraw its fleet from Novorossiysk despite a massive strike on Russian ships.

This was stated on television by Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk.

"There’s nowhere to run in the Azov-Black Sea region. They have two options. Either go to the bottom, or leave the waters. As you can see, they don’t want to leave the waters," the spokesperson emphasized.

In his opinion, the Russians would rather "simply lose the ships there during an attack than make another gesture of goodwill."

Regarding the vulnerability of the enemy ships in Novorossiysk, Pletenchuk noted that "this attack was a complex operation, as it combined strikes using various means and different structures that had to avoid intersecting with each other, not interfere with one another, keep the operation and its preparation secret, without leaks — and that is also no easy task."

He stressed that the enemy has drawn conclusions and will try to cover its weak points.

"Although in reality, as you can see, a massive attack still yields results no matter how you defend yourself. This tool works both ways," he added, explaining that the Russians have started mass strikes on civilian vessels in our waters, and when quantitative pressure is applied, it becomes quite difficult to counter.

Pletenchuk reported that three surface ships and two submarines remain in Novorossiysk. "But of course, the damaged units were the main ones, and by the way, they have come under strikes more than once before — we had destroyed them several times earlier, but as you can see, despite all that, they continued to operate them," he noted.