So does it mean that Russia won't be able to launch missiles from the Black Sea anymore? That may be a godsent to shuffle around air defenses elsewhere.
Yeah you absolutely can. And from air. The biggest benefit is probably that this limits the number of angles into Ukraine russia can launch missiles from, which makes air defense easier.
@NotMyOldRedditName@fuckingkangaroos that is a question I asked myself as well. But then it would be the like the famous US nuclear 'cruise missile' (from the @FRHoffmann1 header). If you saw these latest French turbo jet drones the line blurs imo. I think the US tomahawk can be land based. But an answer from a not armchair military guy would be great.
Russia is using anti ship missiles to hit land targets. The launchers for those are only on ships. That does not mean, you can not put them on land, but it is going to be some engineering work.
Maybe more importantly those missiles are a threat to Ukranian shipping.
If Ukraine ends up significantly decimating the Russian fleet currently in the Black Sea, it exposes the occupied territories for attacks.
Not that Ukraine is going to take back any land this way but the attack surface is way greater than before and Russia has to either move essential assets far from the coast or they have to move resources from the existing front line to new areas.
There is nothing for Russia to gain by diverting resources to the coastal lines since they will either just be able to hold their positions or lose ground. They can never advance.
Of course it all comes down to what resources Ukraine gets their hands on in the coming months and while all of the above looks promising, the reality is significantly darker.