Ukraine claims to have destroyed Russian ship in Crimea attack | News

Air power says Crimea assault destroyed the Novocherkassk, which it stated was getting used to move drones.

Ukraine’s air power has stated it destroyed a Russian navy ship in an air assault on a base in Crimea, saying it suspected the vessel was carrying drones to be used in Moscow’s warfare towards Kyiv.

The Novocherkassk, a big touchdown ship, was “destroyed”, the air power stated on the Telegram messaging platform on Tuesday.

“Folks say that it transported Shaheds,” the message added, referring to Iranian explosive drones that Russia has used frequently to assault Ukraine.

The air power didn’t determine the placement of the assault, however commander Mykola Oleshchuk posted a video of an explosion on the Russian naval base of Feodosia, on the Black Sea in Crimea, and stated the Novocherkassk had been hit.

Russia seized after which annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.

“And the fleet in Russia is getting smaller and smaller! Because of the Air Power pilots and everybody concerned for the filigree work!” Oleshchuk wrote with out offering proof.

Sergey Aksyonov, the Moscow-installed governor of Crimea, acknowledged Feodosia had been hit and stated the assault had triggered a fireplace that had been introduced below management: “An enemy assault was carried out within the space of Feodosia.”

“The port space is cordoned off,” he wrote on Telegram.

Footage shared by a number of Russian information shops on Telegram confirmed highly effective explosions and fires over a port space.

Ukraine and Russia have typically exaggerated the losses they declare to have inflicted on the opposite since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

They’ve additionally underplayed their very own casualty and tools losses.

In latest days, Moscow has claimed to have taken management of the jap metropolis of Maryinka, with Kyiv denying that it has.

Kyiv and Moscow have additionally every claimed success in capturing down the opposite’s fighter planes, with either side denying any losses.

In April 2022, Ukraine sank the cruiser Moskva, the Soviet-era flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

Moscow stated “a detonation of ammunition” triggered a fireplace and compelled the crew to evacuate, and the ship sank because it was being towed to port.