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by denton-scratch 1611 days ago
> The port of Novorossiysk, for example, is the largest port in the entire Black Sea

Thanks - I am now better-informed.

> I also don't see what about that is "humiliating"

The ship's passage through the English Channel was constantly monitored by UK military jets, as well as by news reporters, who mocked the condition of that decrepit carrier. I don't know if Russian leadership actually felt humiliated, but I'd have been humiliated had it been me (I wouldn't have embarked on the voyage in the first place, unless I had a shiny new ship).