As of 07:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, there are no russian warships in the Black and Azov Seas.

This was announced by the command of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Telegram channel, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

“There are no enemy ships in the Black and Azov Seas; in the Mediterranean Sea there is 1 enemy Kalibr cruise missile carrier ship, a total salvo of up to 8 missiles,” the message says.

During the day, in the interests of the russian federation, passage through the Kerch Strait was carried out by:

• to the Sea of Azov – 16 vessels, of which 3 were moving from the Bosphorus Strait;
• to the Black Sea – 6 ships, none of them continued their movement in the direction of the Bosphorus Strait.

The Navy Command emphasizes that russia continues to violate the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) by turning off automatic identification systems (AIS).

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, overnight into March 24, the Defense Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on occupied Sevastopol.

As a result of the missile attack, the large amphibious ships “Yamal” and “Azov” were hit. Later it became known that the reconnaissance ship “Ivan Khurs” and “Konstantin Olshanskyi” were also attacked by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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