The russian Black Sea Fleet hid some of its ships among civilian vessels in Novorossiysk, the Crimean Wind monitoring group reported, citing satellite imagery data.

A high-resolution satellite image shows the patrol ship of project 1135 "Burevestnik", the large landing ship of project 775 and two missile ships on an air cushion of project "Sivuch". From the military harbor they have been moved to wide piers No. 1 and No. 2, as well as to the Eastern pier.

At the same time, most of the warships left the port of Novorossiysk and according to Crimean Wind, they are currently located in the Gelendzhik area, further south along the coast of Krasnodar Krai in russia.

According to some reports, the russian Black Sea Fleet ships may have been taken out to sea from the bay because the russians fear a Ukrainian attack, with submarines now operating in a submerged mode, out of sight.

It is not publicly known if the russians fear an attack by Ukrainian naval drones, or if the russians are rattled by potential intelligence of the US permitting deeper strikes against russia using western supplied weapons.

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