2023-09-15 07:51:09
According to British military experts, the Russian ships hit by Ukrainian drone attacks in the Crimean port of Sevastopol will be out of action in the long term. That’s according to the British Ministry of Defense’s daily intelligence report on the war in Ukraine today.
The landing ship “Minsk” and the submarine “Rostov-na-Donu” were in a dry dock for repairs when they were hit on Wednesday night, the statement said.
“Although the Russian Ministry of Defense downplays the damage to the ships, open sources suggest that the Minsk was almost certainly functionally destroyed and the Rostov likely suffered catastrophic damage.” Any effort to return the submarine to service would likely take “many years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars.”
“Significant challenge”
It is also a realistic possibility that the task of removing the wreckage from the dry docks will render the docks unusable for months, it said. This would pose a “significant challenge for the Russian Black Sea Fleet in maintaining its ships.”
The loss of the Rostov also eliminated one of four Russian submarines in the Black Sea that had the ability to fire cruise missiles. These played a significant role in strikes against Ukraine and are of great importance for Russia as a military power in the region.
The British Ministry of Defense has been publishing daily information on the course of the war since the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine began in February 2022. Moscow accuses London of disinformation.
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