As of: February 14, 2024, 12:07 p.m
By: Felix Durach
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The Ukrainian secret service reports the next coup.
Sea drones are said to have sunk another Russian warship.
Things could be getting tight for Putin's fleet.
Kiev – Russia's Black Sea Fleet is not exactly writing a success story in the Ukraine war.
Just a few weeks after the start of the war, President Vladimir Putin lost the flagship of his fleet.
The Ukrainian armed forces claimed responsibility for the sinking of the Moskva River.
Russia's navy reported that a fire on board led to the battleship's sinking.
Since then, Kiev has repeatedly celebrated successful strikes in the Black Sea.
On Wednesday (February 14th) Moscow lost another ship.
The thinned Black Sea Fleet could become a problem for Russia.
Putin probably loses next ship – Ukraine reports destruction of the “Caesar Kunikov”
Ukrainian military intelligence is said to have carried out a drone attack on the Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov in the Black Sea early on Wednesday morning.
This is reported by the Ukrainska Pravda
portal
with reference to sources in the secret service.
Military intelligence under the leadership of Kyrylo Budanov published a nearly three-minute video on YouTube on Wednesday morning entitled “Destruction of the VDK Caesar Kunikov”.
The black and white footage is intended to show the drone attack on the Russian ship.
Ukrainian military intelligence reports the destruction of the Russian landing ship “Caesar Kunikov”.
(Archive image) © Alexei Pavlishak/imago-images
The Ukrainian armed forces apparently again used “Magura V5” maritime drones for the attack.
The small boats loaded with explosives are equipped with cameras and were also able to provide images of attacks in Ukraine's past successes in the Black Sea.
There was no confirmation from the Russian side after the attack.
The Russian Defense Ministry only reported the completion of six Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea.
Landing ship allegedly sunk - next blow for Russia's Black Sea Fleet in the Ukraine War
If the reports of the destruction of the Caesar Kunikov are confirmed, it would be the next blow for Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
The landing ship is almost 112 meters long and has a crew of 87 crew members.
This was reported by
Ukrainska Pravda
.
Dropships are typically used to bring troops and materiel to or from land and do not rely on ports to do so.
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As early as March 2022 - a few weeks after the start of the war - the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Caesar Kunikov, along with its sister ship Novocherkassk, were damaged in an attack on the port in Berdyansk.
According to Ukrainian information, the landing ship Saratov was destroyed in the attack.
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According to the Ukrainian armed forces, 25 warships and boats, as well as one submarine, have been destroyed since the beginning of the war against Russia.
However, this information cannot be independently verified.
Battle for the Black Sea – Ukraine continues to celebrate successes
According to a report by
The Kyiv Independent
portal , Ukraine's ongoing attacks on Russian ships are leading to the Black Sea Fleet increasingly withdrawing ships from the areas around the Crimean peninsula in order to gain distance from Ukrainian areas.
This would lead to fewer Russian attacks on Ukrainian port cities.
Russian supply routes are also affected by the developments.
On the Ukrainian side, the attacks could in turn keep trade routes in the west of the Black Sea open.
The British Ministry of Defense reported as early as December 2023 that Ukraine had destroyed 20 percent of the Black Sea Fleet within four months.
“Russia’s dominance in the Black Sea is now in question,” Defense Secretary Grant Shapps wrote in a post on X.
Above all, the attacks are of great symbolic value.
The attacks would show that the Russian Black Sea Fleet is far from untouchable.
Above all, the destruction of the Moskva River and the rocket attack on the naval headquarters in Sevastopol inflicted serious defeats on the Russian propaganda machine.
The destruction of the Moskva River has now become a stamp motif in Ukraine.
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