Originally Posted by
dead_pan
Putting them out of harm's way, no doubt (as confirmed by the story on the Telegraph website now). Sevastopol will never be a safe haven for Russia so long as the situation continues as-is.
Russia is currently building a fair amount of ships in crimea. The big ticket is 2 * 40 000 ton project 23900 LHD. Could be funny they lost the mistrals because of the 2014 invaison, could lose these 2 as well because of 2022 invasion.