Posted on 02/01/2024 5:58:25 AM PST by marcusmaximus
UKRAINE is claiming to have sunk another Russian warship - with 50 sailors on board - using kamikaze sea drones.
Footage shared today by Ukraine's ministry of defence showed the dramatic moment its boats sped toward Vladimir Putin's £55million Black Sea missile ship "Ivanovets" and sent it up in flames.
The Ukrainian government's defence intelligence announced the hit on the 184ft warship via messaging service Telegram.
It stated: "'Ivanovets' at the bottom - as a result of a special operation of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense, an enemy missile boat was destroyed."
The department alleged soldiers of its special unit "Group 13" destroyed the missile boat of Russia's Black Sea fleet on Wednesday night while it was sailing across Lake Donuzlav, a bay used for military vessels in the west of occupied Crimea.
Crew members onboard the Russian warship reportedly resisted the attack and shot at the dunes; their fate was not known by Thursday afternoon.
The GUR Ministry of Defence continued: "As a result of a number of direct hits to the hull, the Russian ship suffered damage incompatible with further movement - the 'Ivanovets' rolled to the stern and sank.
"According to preliminary information, the search and rescue operation of the Russian occupiers on the Donuzlav was not successful."
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Ukraine released this video of the attack and sinking
https://rumble.com/v4aoaju-russian-black-sea-tarantul-class-corvette-ivanovets-has-sunk-after-an-attac.html
Russia lost the Battle of the Black Sea to a country without a navy.
55 million pounds seems rather cheap for a warship..................
So Putin gained another submarine.
L
The loss of Russian dominance in the Black Sea is a major consequence of the Ukraine war.
This rust bucket missile carrier has been causing trouble for Ukraine throughout the war. Now it’s on the bottom of the Black Sea.
Your childish hatred of Russia has you so damned gullible.
Tell Russia to leave Ukraine.
I agree with you CT, and if this is true... the situation will escalate of necessity on Russia’s side of the ledger....
BLOWN UP, Sir!
As successful as this is, like the new drone ware far is effecting the ground wars, sea drones are a new threat to all navies and give capabilities to nations without navies and a lot of money to cause tremendous damage.
Imagine a ship at port, crew on shore pass and a terrorist group gets/ makes one of these and launches it, esp if ship is not at a naval port, but even so are our bases prepared for this kind of threat. Add a few airborne drones say targeting an aircraft on deck or flying into the hanger deck.
Gonna get real interesting very soon IMO
Stop spamming the forum. The original thread was barely 2 hours old and I saw you on it.
Childish?
Childish is getting mad because your brother is looking at you, Russia fully deserves all the hatred directed at it
BTW, seen those “adult” behaviors by russians calling for the extermination of all Ukrainians, now there are reasonable people./s
But my favorite is interviews of russians apparently quite sincere saying “why doesn’t the rest of the world love us?”
Greedy Zelensky.........gaslighting for dollars.
The cruise missile strikes on Crimea yesterday were a setup for this attack. Ukraine and US/NATO wanted this missile carrier gone. It’s been causing trouble for 2 years.
How many missile ships do they have left?
Besides the loss of the ship and crew, the capabilities of these ships and their loses seem to be having quite an effect
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