(Dan Tri) – Satellite images show that the Russian landing ship in Crimea was seriously damaged after Ukraine’s raid on December 26.
Satellite photo shows Russian landing craft after the attack on Crimea on December 26 (Photo: DeepState).
`In the satellite image taken on the morning of December 24, a large landing ship appears in one frame. The other image shows the wreckage of the ship (after the attack),` DeepState channel associated with the armed forces
Pravda news site also posted a video allegedly recording an attack on a Russian landing ship in Crimea.
The image is believed to be the explosion in Crimea on December 26 (Source: Pravda).
Previously, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Ukraine’s missile attack early this morning on December 26 caused damage to the large landing ship Novocherkassk of the Russian Navy while anchored at the port in the city of Feodosia, peninsula.
Crimea Governor Sergey Aksyonov said that Ukraine’s missile attack caused the port city of Feodosia to be shaken by a series of large explosions.
Photo taken at the scene of the attack that destroyed the Russian landing ship in Crimea (Photo: DeepState).
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russia’s air defense system was activated to deal with the attack.
Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk announced on Telegram that Kiev’s missile attack destroyed the Russian navy’s Novocherkask landing ship.
Novocherkask is a Ropucha-class landing ship of the Russian Navy belonging to the Black Sea Fleet.
Ropucha-class ships are primarily used to transport large military cargo and deploy marines.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine mentioned what weapons Kiev used for this raid.
Russia announced that it would repel Ukraine’s counterattack
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu today announced that Moscow has achieved its goal of preventing Ukraine’s counterattack.
`The main efforts over the past year were focused on achieving the goals of the special military operation. The main focus was on breaking the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian armed forces declared by Ukraine and its NATO allies
Mr. Shoigu added that President Vladimir Putin highly appreciated the efforts of the leaders and soldiers of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Mr. Shoigu also said that the Russian army is gaining more and more favorable positions and expanding its control territory in all directions in the special military campaign area.
`The Russian army constantly controls more favorable positions and expands the controlled territories in all directions. We always aim to achieve the stated goals of the special military operation`
According to Minister Shoigu, the main factors that helped the Russian army repel Ukraine’s advancing efforts were `the creation of an effective defense system, high combat capability of all units, reliability
Previously, Mr. Shoigu said that the Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 125,000 troops and 16,000 weapons units in the six-month counterattack.
