Russia's wounded Black Sea Fleet poses new "danger"—Kyiv

Russia's beleaguered Black Sea Fleet is posing an "increased missile danger" to Ukrainian cities as Moscow presses its nationwide winter blitz on the country, according to the military in Kyiv.

Russia has deployed three vessels capable of firing long-range Kalibr cruise missiles—one of Moscow's most advanced weapons regularly used to bombard Ukrainian critical infrastructure, military, and civilian targets—to the Black Sea in recent days, Natalia Humenyuk, the head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Defense Forces of Ukraine, said on Thursday, per a Defense Ministry readout.

Humenyuk said two unnamed Russian submarines and the Admiral Makarov frigate were the three vessels deployed, which between them can carry 16 Kalibr missiles. "This is a very powerful signal of increasing missile danger in this direction," the spokesperson said.