2023-11-18 17:25:49
(Archyde.com, Kyiv, 17th) The Ukrainian military said today that since Russia’s full-scale invasion, military operations launched by the Ukrainian army have destroyed a total of 15 Russian naval ships in the Black Sea and damaged 12 more Russian ships.
The Ukrainian army has stepped up its attacks on the Black Sea and Crimea. According to reports, the Kiev authorities launched a series of offensives against warships in and around Crimea this fall, including a large landing ship and a submarine that were attacked. Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.
“You can count those (ships) that are no longer functioning properly,” Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said in televised comments. “A total of 15 ships were destroyed and another 12 were damaged. Although These are not all due to drones, but they did cause a lot of damage to ships.”
Pletonchak described Ukraine as a “promoter of a new type of naval warfare” that has forced Russia to move its naval forces to positions that are harder to reach by Kiev authorities.
Pletonchak said Russia also faced logistical problems as the ships had to be redeployed to the ports of Novorossiysk and Tuapse. Both ports are located on the east side of the Black Sea, southeast of Crimea, and further away from Ukraine.
Archyde.com could not independently confirm the news. Russia typically does not acknowledge damage to military assets, saying it has repelled most Ukrainian attacks.
The Ukrainian military said its operations in the Black Sea included attacks on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol and an attack on a shipyard in Kerch, killing a ship that had not yet joined the fleet. damaged. Central News Agency (translation)
Ukrainian army: 15 Russian warships were destroyed in the Black Sea during the war
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