Posted on 05/24/2024 5:43:08 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
PUTIN’S newest and only remaining missile cruiser in the Black Sea was destroyed by Ukraine forces in a huge blow to his naval forces.
The “Zyklon” was destroyed alongside the 266-M minesweeper, Kovrovets, in a devastating strike at the weekend.
The Zyklon is the 26th to be sunk by Ukraine and was blown up by US-supplied ATACMS missiles killing six people and injuring 11, sources said.
It comes after Russia retreated its naval headquarters from the occupied Crimean Peninsula to Krasnodor.
The Zyklon, which was launched into service in July last year, was a Karakut-class missile ship armed with various weapons, including Kalibr warheads.
Its sinking is part of Ukraine’s ongoing campaign targeting the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
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Row, row, row your boat..........
Demoted to submarine?
The Russian Bottom of the Black Sea Fleet has been reinforced! LOL!!
Who in the wide world of sports names a vessel ZYKLON??!?
Not this crap again. 😖
I don’t see here or recall hearing elsewhere that this ship was used against Ukraine. So while it may be some sort of “blow” to Putin, it seems irrelevant to the fate of Ukraine. What am I missing?
Notice this BS always comes from British media
The gun video looks like it was recorded with a potato. Totally unconvincing.
It was a Kalibr cruise missile ship that used to attack Odesa and western Ukraine. Not any more.
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The UK is lost. Id like to think there’s still hope for us.
Dummy reporters calling it a “cruiser”. It’s a teeny little corvette. Smaller than our LCS classes.
It’s actually the Tsiklon or Tsyklon. It means cyclone.
If they build another one would it be the “Zyklon-B”?
CC
It carried 8 Kalibr cruise missiles. Now it’s at the bottom of the Black Sea.
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