Russia has no warships deployed in the Black Sea at present, Ukraine's Navy said on Wednesday, shortly after Moscow said Kyiv had attacked annexed Crimea with U.S.-supplied missiles—using Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS.Ukraine's military didn't detect Russian warships in the Black and Azov Seas on Wednesday morning. 'In the Black and Azov Seas enemy ships are missing,' the press service of the Ukrainian Navy said.
Newsweek has contacted Russia's Defense Ministry for comment by email.The navy's announcement comes shortly after Vladimir Rogov, chairman of We Are Together With Russia, a pro-Russian group that operates in the Moscow-occupied Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia, as well as Russian military bloggers, said Ukraine had fired ATACMS at Crimea from the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson overnight on Monday.
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