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Russia\u2019s prized Black Sea<\/a> Fleet is struggling to contend with threats to Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s southern flank, according to British military intelligence. <\/p>\n In its morning briefing, the Ministry of Defence said: \u201cIn recent weeks, the Naval Aviation component of Russia\u2019s Black Sea Fleet has assumed a particularly important role in the Fleet\u2019s operations as it struggles to deal with concurrent threats on the southern flank of the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n \u201cNaval Aviation is emphasising maritime air patrol operations, highly likely with a primary mission of the early identification of uncrewed surface vessels.\u201d<\/p>\n The MoD\u2019s latest update comes after a person was killed and six injured, including two children, as Russian shelling continued to hammer Ukraine\u2018s southern region of Kherson overnight.<\/p>\n On the Telegram messaging app the governor, Oleksandr Prokudin, said Russian forces had launched 71 attacks in the past 24 hours, \u201caimed at the residential districts\u201d, as well as shops and medical infrastructure, among other establishments.<\/p>\n Twenty of the air and land attacks targeted the city of Kherson, the region\u2019s administrative district, the governor added, while authorities promptly doused a fire sparked by shelling early on Monday.<\/p>\n