Putin’s £55,000,000 warship ‘sunk by kamikaze sea drone’
Ukraine has claimed to have sunk another Russian warship in an attack by a kamikaze sea drone.
Ukraine has claimed to have sunk another Russian warship in an attack by a kamikaze sea drone.
Incredible footage showed the moment a dramatic attack on the £55,000,000 Black Sea missile ship Ivanovets.
The 184ft warship was hit by multiple drones off of annexed Crimea, and the fate of the crew is unknown.
The Telegram channel Military Informant posted: ‘As a result of a number of direct hits to the hull, the Russian ship received damage that was incompatible with further movement – the Ivanovets tilted to the stern and sank.’
The warship was in sea lake Donuzlav, a bay in the west of Crimea, often used for military vessels.
Russian officials have not officially confirmed the strike, but pro-Putin war Telegram channels have done so.
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Multiple drones are believed to have staged the attack from the sea near Odessa in the operation, spearheaded by Group 13 special forces of the Ukrainian GUR military intelligence agency.
If confirmed, the Ivanovets is the latest Putin warship to be sunk – adding to the list which includes the Moskva cruiser, a Black Sea Fleet flagship which was sunk by Neptune missiles in April 2022.
Vladimir Putin has still not given an accurate toll for the losses on the sunken Moskva.
Several large landing ships have been sunk, including most recently the Novocherkassk, which was struck December 26, 2023.
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