Russian navy
A view shows the Russian Navy's vessels near the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea February 16, 2022.
  • The Kremlin may've fired the commander of it's Black Sea fleet. 
  • It comes after a string of humiliating defeats to Ukraine, which has a tiny navy. 
  • Ukraine last week sank a Russian amphibious vessel by using a sea drone. 

The Kremlin has fired the commander of its Black Sea Fleet as punishment for a series of humiliating losses to Ukraine, according to Russian war bloggers.

The bloggers said that Admiral Viktor Sokolov was replaced by a chief of staff Vice Admiral Sergey Pinchuk after Ukraine sank the Russian warship Caesar Kunikov with a sea drone last week.

It was the latest in a series of victories for Ukraine, which has a tiny navy, against Russia's much bigger Black Sea fleet.