 Ukraine paralysed Russia's Black Sea fleet. Russia's Black Sea operations have been greatly complicated, if not paralysed. By the nearly two years of all-out war between Moscow and Kiev, Ukraine's Navy has said, in the latest indicator of the toll wrought on Russia's naval assets close to Ukraine. Newsweek Media Outlet reported this. It is noted that Russia has lost up to 25 of the approximately 80 naval vessels of various types it deployed in the early stages of the Kremlin's invasion in 2022. Dmitry Platenchuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Navy, told television in remarks, reported by several outlets. Up to 35 of these vessels have posed a real threat to Ukraine. Platenchuk said, offering Russia long-range strike capabilities and enabling Russian operations around the annexed Crimean Peninsula and in southern Ukraine. Now, 25 different units have been destroyed and 15 are currently under repair. Platenchuk said, Shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Black Sea emerged as a key battleground. Ukraine has vowed to reclaim Crimea, which sits to the south of the mainland on the Black Sea, but has been controlled by the Kremlin's forces since its annexation in 2014. Ukraine has whittled away at Russia's naval assets in the Black Sea, successfully carrying out dramatic strikes deemed deeply embarrassing to Moscow. Kyiv's victorious operations against the Black Sea fleet have proved more fruitful than Ukraine's stalled hopes of peeling back Russian control across the east and south of the mainland. In late December, British Defense Secretary Grant Shaps said Russia had lost 20% of its Black Sea fleet in the previous four months.