Russian warships of the decimated Black Sea Fleet are stuck in a bay. The entrance to the bay was blocked with sunken barges.
The Russian military has “actually closed the Novorossiysk base station, closed the port entrance and set up a barricade” Expert sees “enormous symbolic power” in the destruction of Russian ships. It is now more difficult for Russia to mobilize and deploy naval forces and thus harm Ukraine militarily. The attacks in the Black Sea would also have a positive effect on the morale of the Ukrainian defenders.