The Naval Fleet of Russia retains the long blockade of the Ukrainian banks of the Black and Azov seas, without giving the Ukrainian forces to supply its units from the sea, the Ministry of Defense of Britain says.
According to the report, Russia has the opportunity to plant a marine landing, but such an operation will be risky, since the Armed Forces of Ukraine had time to prepare for her.
As for mines in the Black Sea, although the parties challenge how they got there, and their origin is not fully found out, British intelligence binds their appearance with the actions of the Russian fleet.
The Russian BBC Service notes that the summary does not say where Russia can land a landline. Experts expect such an operation near Odessa in the first weeks of the war, but by the end of her first month conveted in the opinion that it would be too risky without control over Nikolaev, and his Russian army could not seize.