Posted on 02/14/2024 3:48:54 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Ukraine destroyed a Russian landing warship off the coast of occupied Crimea in an operation with naval drones that breached the vessel's port side on Wednesday and caused it to sink, Kyiv's military spy agency and armed forces said.
There was no immediate comment from Russia, which said earlier that it had destroyed six drones in the Black Sea. The Kremlin declined to comment.
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces, together with the Defence Ministry's intelligence unit, destroyed the Tsezar Kunikov large landing ship. It was in Ukraine's territorial waters near Alupka at the time of the hit," the military said on Telegram messenger.
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Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency said the warship appeared to have been loaded when it sank and that, before the attack, it had spent some 10 days at a loading site used by the Russian military.
Reuters was able to verify the ship in the video as the Russian Black Sea Fleet's Tsezar Kunikov based on its main mast, antenna, bridge and deck. The location and date the footage was filmed could not be independently verified.
Some of the footage at the end appeared to show major damage with the vessel listing heavily to one side.
"In summary, Tsezar Kunikov received a critical breach on the port side and started sinking," the GUR agency said in a statement.
The Project 775 warship, one of Russia's newest vessels, has a crew of 87 and took part in wars in Georgia, Syria and Ukraine, GUR said in its statement.
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Another one bites the dust
Good riddance
LOL!
Since Moscow seems to like using these for weapons storage, and maybe launching platforms for low-tech Iranian drones, I'd say it was worth the expenditure of ordnance.
If the USAF is the world’s largest distributor of MiG parts, then Ukraine is the world’s largest manufacturer of Russian submarines …
Drones have been an absolute game changer. The cost of one/more drones versus the cost of a ship is mind boggling.
LOL
(you forgot to add - the Russian warship was sunk by a country with no Navy)
So long as the targets haven't evolved defenses. The US Navy seems to be doing pretty well against the stuff Iran is throwing up. I like their use of the CIWS the other day. Very cheap in that it only expends a thousand or so 20mm rounds instead of a multi-million-dollar missile. Lasers will do even better. Bring 'em on!
Oh it ain't gonna go to war no more
It ain't gonna go to war
It sank and gets eternal rest
It really wasn't Russia's best
As a substitute for a conventional navy, Ukraine has an improvised drone navy composed of increasingly sophisticated seaborne drones that are mostly submerged and against which Russia has little in the way of effective defenses. I hope that Taiwan and the Philippines are taking notes.
We regularly hear about Ukraine’s guerilla war victories. But we don’t hear about their battlefield victories. Why is that?
We also don’t hear about any Russian battlefield victories - guess there’s nothing to report
We regularly hear about Ukraine’s guerilla war victories. But we don’t hear about their battlefield victories. Why is that?
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But Ukraine shot down a bomber and sank a boat…
Dorothy, Please ignore the man behind the curtain and the Russian advances on the ground
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