It is reported that the Admiral Makarov of the Black Sea Fleet was hit by a missile on the morning of the 6th and caught fire.Figure: flipped Wikipedia
Ukraine sank the Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship “Moskva” last month, disgracing Russian President Vladímir Pútin, and now it is reported that the Black Sea Fleet Admiral-class frigate “Admiral Makarov” The Admiral Makarov was hit by a missile on the morning of the 6th and caught fire. Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko posted on Telegram that the ship was “severely damaged” by a Neptune anti-ship missile and was floating on the water Awaiting rescue.
According to foreign media reports and social media reports, a Russian ship on a mission in the Black Sea was hit by a Ukrainian cruise missile, and the ship caught fire. The Ukrainian local government community website Dumska reported that the Russian Burevestnik class frigate was hit at noon on the 6th near the island of Zmeyny off the Danube Delta, the Ukrainian Independent News Agency (UNIAN) reported.
A navy source confirmed that a Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship cruise missile hit the Russian ship, the Kyiv Post reported, citing military news site Gruz200. Dumska also mentioned that a Ukrainian military Neptune missile hit the Russian ship and that “a large number” of Russian planes circled over the Russian warship. The ship tracking system at sea shows that the Russian search and rescue ship SPK-46150 has gone to the site of the incident.
In addition, Ahmet Özay, a member of the Tatar parliament of Crimea, pointed out on Twitter that the Admiral Makarov was hit by the Ukrainian army with a Neptune anti-ship missile, and there are many military aircraft and ships on the scene. rescue. The British newspaper The Independent quoted Ukrainian state news website Dumskaya as saying that the Russian army had dispatched a helicopter to rescue the crew of the ship, which is said to have 180 crew members.
The Admiral Makarov, which was commissioned in 2017, is one of Russia’s most modern warships and can carry around 200 crew members. The warship is said to have been on duty in the western Black Sea for more than a month. So far, neither the Ukrainian Armed Forces nor the Russian government have confirmed the attack. If true, it would be the 11th ship lost by Russia since its invasion of Ukraine.