Seems like much of its purpose was to provide cover for amphibious assault. From Forbes:
Moskva led the Russian navy’s seaborne assault on the Republic of Georgia back in 2008, protecting three amphibious ships that landed a battalion or two of naval infantry.
Seems like much of its purpose was to provide cover for amphibious assault.
Or to provide cover for the act of pretending that they are going to launch an amphibious assault and therefore tie up Ukrainian military resources away from the Eastern front.
Seems like much of its purpose was to provide cover for amphibious assault. From Forbes: