The fleet of the Ukrainian Navy is completely destroyed. Russian completely destroyed Ukraine’s air defence systems.
Russia‘s defence ministry is quoted by Interfax as saying that the “Ukrainian armed forces’ air defence has been suppressed”. The ministry adds that “Ukrainian border forces put up no resistance to Russian units”. There has been no independent confirmation of these claims.
Less than 40 minutes after the start of the war between Ukraine and Russia, the Ukrainian fleet was completely destroyed by the Russian military. Information on this subject is actively circulating on the Web, referring to the fact that numerous strikes were launched on Odessa and on the bases of the Ukrainian Navy both in the Black and Azov Seas.
At the moment, there is confirmed information that the Russian troops landed in the largest ports of Ukraine, and according to information at 7:30 in the morning, the Russian military managed to capture Mariupol, although there is no official confirmation of this from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
At the same time, sources report numerous flights of NATO aircraft over the Black Sea, however, it is noted that NATO fighters are either in international airspace near the airspace of Ukraine, or in the airspace of Romania and Bulgaria.
The situation in the region is critical. At the same time, it is reported that as a result of the Russian attack, there are several thousand civilian casualties, since the largest cities, such as Kharkov, Odessa, Kiev, Dnipro, Zaporozhye, etc., were bombed and rocketed.