It has been a year of setbacks for Moscow's Black Sea Fleet, which is now planning a fresh winter bombardment of Ukraine.

A majority of Russians still support Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, according to a poll from Russia. Some 76 per cent of respondents said they backed the invasion, while 21 per cent thought it was going poorly.

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has been forced back to base after “the storm of the century” hit southern Ukraine and occupied Crimea. No Russian ships are able to operate on the Black Sea and the Azov Sea because of the blizzards,

At least three persons were killed after a deadly storm in the Black Sea region flooded roads in Russia-occupied Crimea and Ukraine, as reported by Al Jazeera. Currently, over half a million people are without power in occupied Crimea,

Fierce storms killed three people on the Russian and Crimean Black Sea coast on Monday, with hundreds evacuated.

Tornadoes were forecast in the Black Sea region on Tuesday after more than 2 million people were left without electricity in parts of Crimea, Russia and Ukraine. The storm killed at least 14 people in Russia and Ukraine as it toppled trees,

The storm is part of a weather front that hit Romania and Moldova, leaving one person dead and hundreds of places without electricity.