▲ On the 23rd, a Russian Navy landing ship worth 580 billion burst into flames after being attacked by a Ukrainian missile. Even as Ukraine and Russia continued their war of words over who was behind the Moscow terror attacks, they exchanged missile attacks.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced on the 23rd (local time) that it had attacked a Russian landing ship and a communications center in Sevastopol, Crimea, where the Russian Black Sea Fleet is based.
The Russian Navy landing ships that were attacked that day were known as the Yamal and Azov landing ships, respectively. Both ships were confirmed to be Lopucha class landing ships with a length of more than 100 meters ▲ On the 23rd, a Russian Navy landing ship worth 580 billion burst into flames after being attacked by a Ukrainian missile. Experts estimated that the Russian Navy landing ships destroyed by the Ukrainian military this time were worth about 288 billion won each, and that the two landing ships together were worth at least 576 billion won.
A Storm Shadow air-to-surface cruise missile supplied by Britain to Ukraine is reported to have been used in this air strike on Sevastopol, Crimea.
Storm Shadow, considered the most feared weapon of the Russian military, is one of the missiles with a relatively long range (more than 250 km) among the precision-guided weapons provided to Ukraine by Western countries. Immediately after launch, it descends to the lowest possible altitude to avoid detection by enemy radar, and then descends to the lowest possible altitude to avoid detection by enemy radar. , searches for and hits the target with an infrared sensor. ▲ Data photo of the Azov landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol told Telegram, “This attack was the largest-scale airstrike by the Ukrainian military that recently hit the Black Sea coast. an old man was killed and four people were injured.”
However, the Russian side did not mention that two expensive landing craft were damaged following this attack. In addition, the damage suffered by the Navy, which operated it, was not disclosed.
The video released shows black smoke rising along with flames as a huge explosion takes place in Sevastopol. Experts predicted that if Ukraine’s claim that two landing ships from the Black Sea Fleet were destroyed were true, this would have a significant impact on Russian naval power.
Ukraine raises the level of attacks on the Crimean Black Sea fleet
This is not the first time that an expensive landing ship owned by the Russian Navy has been tragically downed by an attack in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military announced on the 14th that it had sunk a Russian landing craft using a maritime drone in the Black Sea.
The landing ship Cesar Kunikov, which was attacked by a maritime drone at the time, was said to have sunk in Alufka near the Crimean Peninsula, which was forcibly annexed by Russia in 2014.
Before this, on the night of the 4th to the early morning of the 5th, the Sergei Kotov was destroyed in the port of Feodosia, Crimea ▲ The Ukrainian army carried out an air strike on the port of Feodosia, Crimea, between the night of the 4th and the early morning of the 5th, killing Russian army It was announced that they had succeeded in destroying the Sergei Kotov (video) The Sergei Kotov is the latest warship of the Russian military, which was commissioned into the Black Sea Fleet in July 2022 after a launch ceremony in January 2021. According to Secret Service- Ukrainian Military information (GUR), the price of the destroyed Sergei Kotov is $65 million, or about 87 billion won in Korea won.
Accordingly, Russia is trying to protect its fleet by moving most of its Black Sea Fleet to the port of Novorossiysk, which is further east than now, and even replacing the Chief of Naval Staff.
After Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, it lost 21 ships, equivalent to a quarter of its fleet, in this war. Last year, the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was attacked.
Reporter Song Hyeon-seo
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