3/16/22
By WarNews24/7
(translated from Greek)

"I want the Shipyards in the USSR": Order of immediate occupation of Nikolaev and Odessa received by the Russian Army - Kharkov is leveled (video) Relentless bombing

15 Russian warships head for Odessa with the order of the Russian military leadership to be clear: Moscow must at all costs gain control of Odessa and the city of Nikolaev.

Three Russian naval teams have moved off Odessa. The first consists of six warships, the second of four and the third of five. The vast majority of them are amphibians.

Top priority Nikolaev and Odessa
This is currently Moscow's top military priority, and that is where the Army, along with Kharkov and Mariupol, has thrown all its weight.

The Russians need these territories to create a new state called "New Russia" by fully securing Crimea through a continuous land corridor.

In addition, the conquest of these two cities will allow Russia to turn the Black Sea into a Russian lake and gain borders with Romania and Moldova.

That is why the Russian Army in recent days is trying to create - and has succeeded - in these areas very good accounting support through Hersonissos-Melitopolis and Berdyansk.

Now the accounting support is done by road, through the railway network and recently, by sea.

Today, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it has full control of Kherson and now two corridors are opening for the Russian forces:

Either the Russian troops will move towards Krivoy Rog and Zaporizhia or towards Nikolaev. The Ukrainians are strengthening their positions to the east, while the Russian Army can now move from the west.

As for the rest of the cities of Ukraine, Kharkov is receiving relentless bombing.

The city of Nikolaev and its shipyards
The Russian military administration has given the order for the immediate occupation of the city of Nikolaev due to the very important Shipyards that the city has.

Due to the activation of the Montreux Treaty, the Russian Black Sea Navy can not feed the Mediterranean Navy that is anchored at the Syrian naval base, Tartu.

In addition, due to US and European sanctions, the Russian Navy has lost all its anchorages.

All these developments, which according to Moscow will not be temporary, make it necessary to occupy the city of Nikolaev in Ukraine.

Russian sources note that in the 1970s, the Russians needed large tankers, class 1559-B "Sea Space" which could carry fuel, water and dry cargo, namely 8250 tons of fuel, 2050 tons of diesel, 1000 tons of aviation fuel and 1000 tons of water along with 250 tons of food and others? 200 tons of other necessities.

Of the six such tankers in total, only 3 are in service with the Russian Navy today. These are "Dniester", "Ivan Bubnov" and "Boris Butoma".

Today, the Russian Navy, which spans five seas, does not have these ships. This means that the Russian Navy will have to acquire as it is forced to operate in remote seas and oceans.

The question is where Russia will build these ships.

The most modern tankers such as the "Berezina" class 1833 were built at the Nikolaev Shipyards.

In the city of Nikolaev is also the factory Zorya-Mashproekt which manufactures the engines of Russian frigates.

In addition, by 2021, Black Sea shipyards would have had their headquarters there, where the largest ships in the USSR were built - from cruise ships and dry cargo ships to floating docks and icebreakers.

It is necessary to return the city of Nikolaev, where Russian troops are now, to the sphere of influence of Moscow and to operate for the needs of the Russian navy.

We now have a unique opportunity to redress a historic injustice in our favor. "Warships can be installed and built at the Nikolaev shipyards, which so far we are only dreaming of," concludes the Russian media.

Numerous photos, charts and videos at source:
https://warnews247.gr/thelo-ta-nafpigeia-epi-essd-diatagi-amesis-katalipsis-nikolaef-kai-odissou-elave-o-rosikos-stratos-isopedonetai-to-charkovo-vinteo/