Russian Black Sea fleet
Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.
  • A Ukrainian navy captain claimed Russia has only one missile ship left in the Black Sea.
  • He said that most of the Black Sea Fleet had relocated after a series of Ukrainian strikes.
  • A senior UK Royal Navy officer said that 25% of Russia's Black Sea warships had been sunk or damaged.

A Ukrainian commander has said that Russia only has one "loser" missile ship left in the Black Sea after a series of successful attacks.

"Most of the combat units, if you take the carriers of cruise missiles, have actually all been relocated, except for one loser who has not yet launched a single missile," Captain Dmytro Pletenchuk told Ukrainian TV.