This is the moment Ukrainian forces struck one of Vladimir Putin’s prized warships.
footage shows several explosions on the ship, indicating that Ukraine’s forces were able to hit it numerous times.
The Russian Ropucha-class landing ship Caesar Kunikov was reportedly sunk after the Ukrainian attack.
The GUR Ukrainian military intelligence said: “On 14 February 2024, the Main Directorate of Intelligence in cooperation with the Security and Defence Forces of Ukraine destroyed the large [Russian] landing ship Caesar Kunikov…
“The successful mission was carried out by the special forces of Group 13 of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate.
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“Western experts and Zelensky even claim that in 2023 the Ukrainian Armed Forces won the big battle for the Black Sea.
“Well, that’s not true because the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have their own ships on the Black Sea.
“But the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ naval drones really create big problems for the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
“And many ships apparently moved from Crimea to Novorossiysk.
“And the likelihood of a large landing operation of the Russian army in Odesa and Mykolaiv is now only theoretical.”
While Ukraine’s offensive on the ground in 2023 failed to make much progress, Kyiv’s forces have dealt multiple blows to the Russians at sea.
Putin’s forces had switched from attacking to defensive positioning after the destruction of one of its ships – the missile-armed corvette Ivanovets.
The Caesar Kunikov is the 27th Russian ship successfully struck by Ukraine since the war began in February 2022.
