Ukraine attacks forced Black Sea Fleet to move warships from Sevastopol, Russian official says

FILE PHOTO: A man fishes on the shore as an amphibious assault ship of the Russian Navy sails near the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been forced to move many warships from the naval base of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsular, which Russia annexed in 2014, due to attacks by Ukraine, a Russian-installed official was quoted as saying on Sunday.

The remarks by Dmitry Rogozin, a Russian-installed senator for the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia region and a former head of Russia's space agency, are the first Russian official confirmation that the fleet has had to move from Sevastopol.