The Russian fleet is 'terrified to go anywhere near the Ukrainian coastline' and has been hiding behind Crimea, Ben Hodges said.
's Black Sea Fleet has been a"total waste" as his forces struggle on land and in the water amid the war in Ukraine, according to a retired U.S. general.
Speaking in a video released Monday as part of a Renew Democracy Initiative series with New Debate, former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe Ben Hodges said that before February 24, when the war began, Russia's Black Sea Fleet"controlled basically the entire Black Sea." "But over the past six months, we've watched a realization that the Russian navy is no better than the Russian army," Hodges said.
When the war began, many expected Russia's army to achieve a speedy victory. But as the war stretched on for days, weeks and then months, while Ukrainian forces fiercely resisted, Russia's image as a superior military forceThe Russian Navy’s Kilo-class submarine Rostov-na-Donu B-237 enters the Bosphorus Strait on the way to the Black Sea on February 13, 2022, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Now, the Russian fleet is"terrified to go anywhere near the Ukrainian coastline" and has been hiding behind Crimea, Hodges said.
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