The puzzling behavior has not yet been attributed to anything in particular, but it comes against the backdrop of a Ukrainian long-range strike campaign against the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

The Black Sea naval fleet, partially based on the peninsula, "destroyed" four Ukrainian waterborne drones, also known as uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), which "were heading for the Crimean ...

Novorossiysk, which has become one of the main bases of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet after it was driven out of Crimea by Ukrainian strikes, was hit by maritime drones overnight. Following the first ...