KYIV: Ukraine’s military said Wednesday it used drones to sink a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea, a report that has not been confirmed by Russian authorities. The Caesar Kunikov amphibious ship sank near Alupka, a city on the southern edge of Crimean Peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014, Ukraine’s general staff said. It said the ship can carry 87 crew members.
Sinking the vessel would be another embarrassing blow for the Russian Black Sea fleet and success for Ukraine 10 days before the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
Ukraine has moved onto the defensive in the war, hindered by low ammunition supplies and shortage of personnel, but has kept up its strikes behind the largely static front line.
Last week, they published a video that they said showed drones assaulting the Russian missile-armed corvette Ivanovets.
Sinking the vessel would be another embarrassing blow for the Russian Black Sea fleet and success for Ukraine 10 days before the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
Ukraine has moved onto the defensive in the war, hindered by low ammunition supplies and shortage of personnel, but has kept up its strikes behind the largely static front line.
Last week, they published a video that they said showed drones assaulting the Russian missile-armed corvette Ivanovets.