Ukrainian forces have destroyed a large Russian military ship off the occupied peninsula of Crimea, Kyiv’s military has claimed.
The Caesar Kunikov ship was hit and sunk by naval drones overnight on 14 February, while in in Ukraine’s territorial waters near Alupka.
Footage from the Ukrainian military shows the Ropucha-class landing ship being hit by multiple USVs (unmanned surface vehicles) causing a large explosion before the ship sinks into the water.
“The Ukrainian Armed Forces, together with the Defence Ministry’s intelligence unit, destroyed the Tsezar Kunikov large landing ship,” the military said on the Telegram messaging app.
There has been no immediate comment from Russia, which said earlier that it had destroyed six drones in the Black Sea.
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Slava Ukrania❤
Kiev in 3 days
Куніков більше не цезар, а дім для молюсків
Filmed looking through a jar of grease
t's funny that while the Russians took like 50km of the front, the Ukrainians are still celebrating the defeat of one T-90 tank.
You mean the British taxpayers paid for the weapons , and they pulled the trigger
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USA – The Republican Party seems to want Putin's Russia to win… over Ukraine…
Reminder: February 24, 2022: Russia nevertheless invaded Ukraine… thus violating International Law…
The world is completely crazy!
the only main thing that prolongs the life expectancy of Russian war machine in Ukraine is the unjustified further delay of the international community to provide Ukraine with credible defense tools the right time the right place!
Ukraine has been proven to have a fierce army with an unmatched stamina!
everyone in the comment section knows PUTLER has lost the war in Ukraine strategically, tactically and operationally!
the current Russian military presence in Ukraine is not even driven by the belief to win a war, it's driven by the involvement in a military conflict, its the Ukrainian military who has the upper hand ✋ but some western domistic harmful policies is behind the filibuster!
Russian Z notorious convoy has been defeated, beaten and consumed by the Ukrainian army, Ukraine now is fighting against gun-hired groups from, Syria, Serbia, North Korea, Iran, Nepal, Belarus, Cuba!
US Sea Babies at work. Larger warheads and opeate as submarines and only come to the surface near the target if that.
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Славе украинской хватит два метра земли
Fake news – it was not a landing ship it was a sinking ship.
New drones
Old Story ! any New propaganda?
The Azov brigade, the best and most prepared where they fought, was defeated, hahahahahaha they defended Mariupol and they were defeated, then Bajmut and Wagner beat them up. Now they are going for the same thing in Avdiivka. If that is the most prepared and best equipped brigade, what will the other brigades be like?