The Ukrainian Air Force carried out a successful strike on a Russian Ropucha-class tank landing ship while it was at pier-side in the Crimean port of Feodosia. The attack took place at approximately 2:30 a.m. local time and was carried out by the Ukrainian Air Force using either a Storm Shadow (UK-supplied) or SCALP-EG (French-supplied) cruise missile. Post-attack imagery from Russian sources shows the ship submerged.
The destroyed ship, the Novocherkassk, is 369 feet long and capable of carrying ten main battle tanks and 340 troops. Here is a video of it in 2020.
🚨 BREAKING: Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of Ukraine reports Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Large Landing Ship Novocherkassk (BDK-46) has been SUNK at the Feodosia port in Crimea as a result of this night’s strike.
Footage of this 112.5m long (369 ft) ship from 2020: https://t.co/JC43bdRZGc
