On Tuesday, Ukraine asserted that it had executed an airstrike in Crimea, targeting and destroying a tank landing ship of the Russian Navy.
If verified, this incident would mark the third significant loss of Russian military equipment within a week.
Ukrainian Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk expressed gratitude on Telegram to the personnel involved in the operation that led to “the destruction of the Novocherkask large landing ship” while it was stationed in the port of Feodosia in Crimea, a region annexed by Russia in 2014.
The Russian Defense Ministry, as reported by the state-run TASS news agency, confirmed that the Novocherkask had sustained “damage” in an attack by Ukrainian forces.
Sergey Aksyonov, the Russia-appointed head of Crimea, acknowledged an “enemy attack in [the] Feodosia area” in an earlier statement, CNN reported.
He noted that the “detonation has stopped, and the fire has been localized.” Aksyonov also provided an update on Telegram, revealing that one person was killed and two others were injured as a result of the Ukrainian airstrikes.
On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commended his military for successfully targeting and striking the Russian warship.
“I am grateful to our Air Force for the spectacular replenishment of the Russian Black Sea submarine fleet with another vessel. There will be no peaceful place for the occupiers in Ukraine,” Zelensky said in a statement.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu “reported to [President Vladimir Putin] about the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack on Feodosia and the damage to the large landing ship Novocherkask,” a statement released by the Kremlin said Tuesday.
Written by B.C. Begley
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