The Navy reported the detection of an enemy missile carrier in the Black Sea.

On the morning of January 26, military forces detected an enemy ship in the Black Sea. This was reported by the press service of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sunday, January 26.

Thus, two enemy ships were recorded, one of which is a missile carrier capable of launching up to four Kalibr missiles, in the Black Sea as of 6:00 AM on Sunday.

Meanwhile, there are no enemy ships in the Sea of Azov. In the Mediterranean Sea, there are six enemy vessels, two of which are cruise missile carriers with a total launch capacity of up to 22 missiles.

Over the past day, in the interests of the Russian Federation, the following passage through the Kerch Strait was made:

•  to the Black Sea – no vessels;
•  to the Sea of Azov – 3 vessels, one of which was moving from the Bosporus Strait.

The Naval Forces emphasized that the Russian Federation continues to violate the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea from 1974 (SOLAS) by disabling automatic identification systems.

Earlier, Navy spokesman Dmitry Pletenchuk stated that Russian forces have reduced the use of Kalibr cruise missiles for attacks on Ukraine and primarily employ them for combined strikes.

The Russian Federation has increased the number of missile carriers in the Black Sea