Satellite Imagery of 2 Ukrainian Warships Being Bloacked Inside Sevastopol Harbor

New York Times
March 7, 2014

Ukraine Crisis in Maps: On Thursday, Crimea remained under the control of Russian forces that continued their blockade of several critical Ukrainian military sites.

A Russian Naval Base in Crimea





Ukraine Crisis in Maps: On Thursday, Crimea remained under the control of Russian forces that continued their blockade of several critical Ukrainian military sites.
New York Times
March 6, 2014

A Russian Naval Base in Crimea

SEVASTOPOL

BAY

Warships

Blockade

Hovercraft

SEVASTOPOL

BAY

Warships

Blockade

Hovercraft

Airbus Defense and Space/CNES

Areas where vessels from the Black Sea Fleet were observed

CRIMEA

Belbek

Simferopol

Sevastopol

A Russian Naval Base in Crimea

Sevastopol has been the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet since 1783. After the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia leased part of the port from Ukraine to continue using the base. The Ukrainian Navy also uses the bay. An analysis by IHS Jane’s of satellite imagery captured Monday by Airbus Defense and Space/CNES reveals the positions of some of the Russian vessels.

Apparent Blockade

Ukrainian

command ship

Ukrainian frigate

Ukrainian tug

SEVASTOPOL

BAY

Russian tugs

Russian minesweeper

Ukrainian

ships

SEVASTOPOL

BAY

Russian ships

Airbus Defense and Space/CNES

Apparent Blockade

The satellite image from Monday showed three Russian naval ships in an apparent attempt to prevent three Ukrainian naval ships from leaving port. The largest Ukrainian vessel was formerly a research ship that had been converted for use as a command ship.Related Article »

Russian Warships

Troop formation

Guided missile

destroyer Smetlivy

Guided missile

cruiser Kerch

SEVASTOPOL BAY

Troop

formation

Guided

missile

destroyer

Guided

missile

cruiser

SEVASTOPOL BAY

Airbus Defense and Space/CNES

Russian Warships

Two guided missile warships were parked on the north side of the harbor on Monday.

Combat Hovercraft

Russian

hovercraft

Samum

Russian

hovercraft

Samum

Airbus Defense and Space/CNES

Combat Hovercraft

One of the fleet’s two hovercraft was parked here on Monday. The second one could not be seen in the satellite imagery. These two hovercraft are primarily used as combat vessels and are equipped with missiles.

Analysis by Sean O’Connor, IHS Jane’s Imagery Analyst