'Ukraine strikes on Crimea forces Putin to relocate ships'

Russia has based its Black Sea fleet in Crimea for 240 years. Now President Putin is at risk of losing the flagship naval hub as Ukraine steps up attacks in the occupied peninsula. The assaults have forced Russia to move its ships further from harm’s way, almost a decade after Putin annexed Crimea with the goal of preserving the fleet’s presence there.
Ukraine’s latest attack by a cruise missile claimed a large Russian landing ship at the eastern Crimean port of Feodosia on Tuesday. In all,…