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Home» News»Russian Navy Landing Ships Seen Approaching Ukrainian Coast Near Odessa
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Click to Enlarge. Analysis of Sentinel 2 satellite imagery shows three groups of warships approaching the coast. We can say with confidence that these are Russian, and include landing ships.

Russian Navy Landing Ships Seen Approaching Ukrainian Coast Near Odessa

The Russian Navy is advancing on the Odessa region of Ukraine. Analysis shows that the force includes landing ships.

H I Sutton 15 Mar 2022

Russian Navy ships can be seen in satellite imagery approaching the Ukrainian Coast. The Sentinel 2 satellite image, taken at 11:47 local time, shows at least 14 vessels.


The vessels were found by Naval News with the help of Damien Symon, an independent defense analyst. Preliminary analysis of the vessels suggests 3 groups. Two are made up of combatants, and one has several landing ships. The landing ships appear to have sailed directly from their staging position off the Crimean coast. Analysts are searching the imagery for more vessels.

Provisional identification of the ships

The northern group, in a line-astern formation, appears to be led by a tug boat or minesweeper. This vessel appears to be towing a mine clearing device. Behind it are two Ropucha class landing ships, another tug boat and a trailing Ropucha.

The second group, labelled Group 2 on the graphic, are in a square formation. These appear to be smaller warships such as missile corvettes.

The southern group, labelled Group 1, is led by the Slava Class cruiser Moskva. This appears to have two Alligator class landing ships, and the Ivan Gren class landing ship Pyotr Morgunov. There is also a smaller warship, possibly a Buyan-M class missile corvette.

Opposed Landing

While Russian warships have sailed close to Odessa during the conflict so far, this appears to be a landing force. A landing had long been speculated on, and there is credible evidence that it was planned. Previously the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has shown plans for an amphibious landing near Odessa. That was an apparent intelligence blunder as no landings occurred in the following days. However the threat was always present.


On March 14 a Russian convoy landed at Berdyansk on the opposite side of the Ukrainian coast. That action, on the Sea of Azov, followed Russian success on the land there and was unopposed. This is different however.

Any landing is likely to opposed. At the time of writing it is unclear whether the landing has taken place yet, or exactly where the vessels will target.

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Posted by : H I Sutton
H I Sutton writes about the secretive and under-reported submarines, seeking out unusual and interesting vessels and technologies involved in fighting beneath the waves. Submarines, capabilities, naval special forces underwater vehicles and the changing world of underwater warfare and seabed warfare. To do this he combines the latest Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) with the traditional art and science of defense analysis. He occasionally writes non-fiction books on these topics and draws analysis-based illustrations to bring the subject to life. In addition, H I Sutton is a naval history buff and data geek. His personal website about these topics is Covert Shores (www.hisutton.com)

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