In One Massive Attack, Ukrainian Missiles Hit Four Russian Ships—Including Three Landing Vessels
In One Massive Attack, Ukrainian Missiles Hit Four Russian Ships—Including Three Landing Vessels
In One Massive Attack, Ukrainian Missiles Hit Four Russian Ships—Including Three Landing Vessels
The Ukrainian missile raid on the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s anchorage in Sevastopol, in occupied Crimea, didn’t hit two Russian warships.
No, according to an update from Ukrainian authorities, the Sunday raid—involving either air-launched Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG cruise missiles or ground-launched Neptunes or a mix of all three—struck four Russian ships.
The damaged vessels purportedly include two active Ropucha-class landing ships—Yamal and Azov —as well as an inactive Ropucha named Kostiantyn Olshansky that Russia captured from Ukraine during the invasion of Crimea in 2014. The fourth victim is an intelligence vessel, Ivan Hurs, that 10 months ago survived an attack by Ukrainian drone boats.
While satellite imagery of Sevastopol, registered in the days following the raid, seems to confirm damage to several vessels, it doesn’t point to any obvious sinkings. It’s possible all four of the ships the Ukrainians claim they hit—reportedly in Sevastopol’s repair yard, ironically—are fixable.