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Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.

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  • Russia's Black Sea Fleet is getting smaller, says UK's defense secretary Grant Shapps. 
  • "Over the past 4 months 20% of Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been destroyed," Shapps wrote on X.
  • The fleet has faced multiple setbacks over the course of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russia's Black Sea Fleet is ending the year on a bad note.

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Russia lost a fifth of its Black Sea Fleet in the last 4 months, UK defense sec…