The images, apparently filmed this Thursday, March 24 by surveillance cameras from the municipality of Berdiansk, are impressive. We see a Russian building turn into a ball of fire while two other ships, one of which is also partly in flames, quickly move away from this Ukrainian port of 100,000 inhabitants, located 70 kilometers west of Mariupol and controlled by Russian forces since February 27.
What happened ? According to the daily Oukraina Moloda, “the inhabitants [de Berdiansk] reported two powerful explosions at 6:40 a.m. this morning, heard across the city. On social media, it was claimed that a boat had sunk and two others were burning, along with a stockpile of ammunition and a fuel tank.
On its Facebook page, the Ukrainian General Staff presents the case triumphantly, while providing more information: “On the morning of March 24, Ukrainian forces destroyed a large landing ship in the port