Russian Sea-Based Kalibr Cruise Missiles Part of New Round of Strikes in Ukraine

A Russian Kalibr test launch. Russian MoD Photo

Russia has continued to use long-range cruise missiles fired from ships in the Black Sea to hit civilian targets in Ukraine over the last several weeks, a Pentagon spokesman told reporters on Tuesday.

“We do know that they’ve used these capabilities to strike targets in Ukraine to include some of the civilian infrastructure energy and energy grid targets, for example, that have been a part of the continued Russian missile strikes against civilian...

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/25/russian-sea-based-kalibr-cruise-missiles-part-of-new-round-of-strikes-in-ukraine

Russian Navy Moving Kilo Attack Boats to Safety from Ukraine Strike Risk, Says U.K. MoD

Improved Kilo-class (Varshavyanka-class) attack submarine. RIA Novosti Photo

Russia has “almost certainly” moved its Black Sea Fleet Kilo-class submarines from Sevastopol, Crimea, to the Novorossiysk port in Krasnodar Krai, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense announced in a Tuesday intelligence report.

Russia could have up to four of the diesel-electric attack boats in the Black Sea.
All of the Kilo-class are capable of launching Kalibr NK cruise missiles. Sea-launched Kalibirs have been used...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/20/russian-navy-moving-kilo-attack-boats-to-safety-from-ukraine-strike-risk-says-u-k-mod

Russians Used Sub-Launched Missiles to Strike Vinnytsia Business Center

Russian Navy Kilo-class submarine Novorossiysk. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission

Russia launched missiles from a submarine to strike a civilian business center in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, a senior U.S. military official confirmed Friday.

The attack killed 23 people, The Washington Post reported.

The U.S. official did not have any additional updates on submarines in the Black Sea but the missiles are likely Kalibr NK missiles, given the range needed to hit Vinnytsia — about 300 miles north of...

https://news.usni.org/2022/07/15/russians-used-sub-launched-missiles-to-strike-vinnytsia-business-center