Ukraine announces that it destroyed the Russian missile ship Askold in a bomb attack in Crimea | VIDEO

The president of UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky announced this Monday “the destruction” of the Askold, an important Russian ship at the Kerch shipyard, in Crimea, two days after his army reported that it had bombed that area.

“I would like to thank everyone who contributed to destruction of the Russian ship at the Kerch shipyard”, on the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimeaannexed by Russia, declared Zelensky in his daily speech, published on social media.

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The Ukrainian army’s Strategic Communication Center confirmed this Monday the information obtained this week by experts analyzing satellite images about the damage caused to the ship. Ask.

Images of the Russian Project 22800 Karakurt Askold corvette receiving multiple hits from Ukrainian Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles. pic.twitter.com/T2k1th0sYI

—OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) November 6, 2023

According to the Ukrainian Strategic Communication Center, The Askold suffered “significant damage” that could make repair impossible.

“Confirmed! The Russian missile carrier Askold reads an official Ukrainian note, “suffered damage as a result of the attack on the naval and port infrastructure of the Zaliv plant, at the Crimea temporarily occupied (by the Russians).”

The Zaliv shipyard is located in the extreme east of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.occupied by Russia since 2014. Ukraine had until now concentrated its attacks on the western part of the peninsula, forcing Russia to withdraw its warships to the east.

The of Querch suppose a new qualitative leap in the Ukrainian campaign of attacks in the Black Sea. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine repeat that Crimea is Ukraine. And that the Russians will not be able to hide anywhere (on the peninsula)”, says the statement from Kiev.

According to the Ukrainian military, The Askold was the newest ship in the ‘Karakurt project’.‘, within the framework of which Russia built a series of missile corvettes equipped with technology that made them difficult to detect by radar.

Source: Elcomercio

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