Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk believes Russia will keep its fleet in Novorossiysk despite a massive Ukrainian strike on its warships.
He made the statement in a television interview, Ukrinform reports.
"There is nowhere to run in the Azov-Black Sea region. They have two options: either go to the bottom or leave the waters. As you can see, they don't want to leave the waters," the spokesman said.
In his opinion, the Russians are more likely to simply lose their ships in another attack than make another "goodwill gesture" by withdrawing them.
Commenting on the vulnerability of Russian warships in Novorossiysk, Pletenchuk said the latest strike was a complex operation that combined attacks using different means and involving different units that had to avoid interfering with one another while keeping the operation and its preparations secret and preventing leaks.
