Ukraine claims to have “destroyed” Russian warship off Crimea

The army of Ukraine said this Wednesday that it “destroyed” a Russian warship south of Crimeaa Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow a decade ago.

“The Ukrainian armed forces, with military intelligence units, destroyed a large ship disembarkation, the ‘Caesar Kunikov‘“, declared the Army General Staff on its Telegram channel.

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The Ukrainian military intelligence department (GUR) detailed that it managed to pierce the ship on the left side, after which the ship “began to sink.”

According to GUR, this is a ship capable of housing for 87 crew, and was used by Russia in its wars against Georgia in 208 and in Syria more recently.

The Ministry Russian The Department of Defense did not comment and, on the other hand, said it had shot down six Ukrainian drones “over the waters of the Black Sea”.

FOR in turn, the new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Oleksander Sirskiannounced on Wednesday that it visited the most sensitive areas of the forehead East together with the Minister of Defense, Rustem Umerov, for a few days after two years of the Russian invasion.

Sirski said the situation on the ground is “extremely complex and tense.”

“The Russian occupiers continue to increase their efforts and outnumber them” for Ukrainian forces, declared Sirski on Telegram. “We are taking all possible measures to minimize our losses and save the lives of our soldiers.”

Source: Elcomercio

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