2024-05-23 17:22:42
Ukraine stated in the present day it destroyed a Russian warship armed with cruise missiles off the Moscow-occupied Crimea peninsula in an operation on Sunday, Reuters reported.
Ukraine’s navy stated it carried out a long-range weapons assault that destroyed a Russian minesweeper, including that it wanted extra time to substantiate what different harm was.
“In line with up to date info, the Ukrainian Protection Forces hit a Russian missile cruiser “Zyklon” in Sevastopol on the evening of Might 19,” the navy command of Ukraine introduced.
The Ukrainian Navy later reported on the X social platform that the ship had been “destroyed”. The Russian Protection Ministry stated on Sunday that its forces had shot down 9 US-made ATAKMS long-range missiles over Crimea.
Reuters was unable to independently confirm this info. To date, there isn’t any remark from Russia.
In line with Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk, the Cyclone was “the final cruise missile-armed Russian ship” primarily based on the peninsula, which Moscow seized and annexed in 2014. In line with him, the ship by no means fired a single cruise missile whereas it was on lively fight responsibility, BTA reported.
Pletenuk stated that of the 5 Russian warships of this sort, two have been destroyed, two have been returned to the Caspian Sea and one is presently in a shipyard.
Ukrainian officers say the assaults allowed Ukraine to achieve a bonus within the Black Sea area and undermine Moscow’s skill to launch missile strikes at targets on Ukrainian territory from the ocean.