Ochakov is an important port city in Ukraine and a military port located in the Mykolaiv region. It is actually a military base that Britain has been building for a long time, subordinate to Britain and the United States.
Russian intelligence officers noted that the Russian army carried out a strike on the military port of Ochakov. The effect of the blow is not fully grasped by us, but it also shows that it is difficult for Russia to tolerate the fact that Britain is going deeper and deeper on the issue of supporting Ukraine, and the confrontation with Russia is becoming more and more intensified.
There are a large number of British military personnel in Ochakov, and Russia did not take military action against Ochakov out of non-provocation against Britain before, but in the future, Russia will definitely take large-scale actions in Ochakov. As long as British military personnel do not leave this port city and do not leave this military base, it will pose a serious threat to the Russian Black Sea Fleet and even to many targets in Russia.
As an important member of NATO, the UK fully supports the Ukrainian army, whether it is against the Black Sea Fleet or against targets in Russia. It not only provides unmanned boats and drones, but also provides target guidance and intelligence support, and also helps Ukraine train a large number of soldiers to fight against Russia together.
Why does Russia need to strike more violently at Ochakov? On the one hand, it wants to drive the British out, and on the other hand, if Russia's military operation against Ukraine is smoother, then Russia may seize Mykolaiv Oblast in the future. If there are still British in the Nikolaev region, including Ochakov, the Russian army will inevitably face a military conflict with the British, which will allow the British to intervene directly. Moreover, Ochakov still has the Americans, which will also allow the Americans to intervene in the military conflict between Nikolaev and Russia, which Russia does not want to see. Therefore, Russia's military strike on Ochakov in advance, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and letting the British leave this military base early, is more in line with the goals of Russia's future military operations.
Russia yearns for the Nikolaev and Odessa regions. In the process of defending these two oblasts, it is difficult for Ukraine to hold on its own. So without the UK, without the support of the United States and NATO countries, these two states are also precarious for Ukraine.
Russia thinks long-term on many issues, if the military conflict can be stopped in time, Ukraine still has access to the sea, if it can't stop the war in time, maybe these outlets will also be taken away by Russia, this is the cruelty of war.