The 71st Landing Ship Brigade of the Baltic Fleet (military unit 22906) from Baltiysk became known for transferring six large landing ships to the Black Sea on the night of February 9, 2022, two weeks before the invasion – a maneuver that media and analysts cited as one of the indicators of war preparations.
Смирнов Алексей Владимирович — Капитан 1 ранга, командир 71-й бригады десантных кораблей
The 71st Landing Ship Brigade of the Baltic Fleet is based in Baltiysk. On the night of February 9, 2022, two weeks before the start of the full-scale invasion, six large landing ships of the brigade – 'Kaliningrad', 'Minsk', 'Korolyov', 'Pyotr Morgunov', 'Georgiy Pobedonosets', and 'Olenegorskiy Gornyak' – were transferred from the Baltic Sea via the Bosphorus to the Black Sea, which was regarded by Ukrainian and Western observers as preparation for a possible naval landing operation against Ukraine.
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