Its ships have regularly launched cruise missiles at major ports and cities across Ukraine, and they have largely blockaded the country's coast as well as mining the Black Sea, making passage through it treacherous. Russia’s far superior navy has controlled the seas in the war so far. and ultimately destroying the value of the Russian fleet.” Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, heralded the latest attack, saying it showed “drones are changing the rules of the game. A day earlier, the Russian military said Kyiv’s forces tried to attack two of its patrol vessel at sea southwest of the Russian-controlled city of Sevastopol in Moscow-annexed Crimea.
On Wednesday, Russian drones caused significant damage and a huge fire at grain facilities in the Odesa region. It also reflects an increase in fighting in the Black Sea following Moscow’s withdrawal from a deal that allowed Ukraine to export its grain through the waterway. Images posted on social media showed the ship listing.įriday’s attack is the latest in a series of strikes inside Russia. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give the information to the media, said the attack made the ship unable to perform combat missions. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the country's navy carried out the attack that damaged Olenegorsky Gornyak, a landing vessel of the Russian navy, according to an official with the security service.
The Black Sea port - which hosts a naval base, shipbuilding yards and an oil terminal and is key for exports - lies about 110 kilometers (about 60 nautical miles) east of Crimea, where Russia’s Defense Ministry said it thwarted another attack overnight. The strike on Novorossiysk - which halted maritime traffic for a few hours - marks the first time a commercial Russian port has been targeted in the nearly 18-month-old conflict. Ukraine said its sea drones struck a major Russian port Friday and damaged a warship in an attack that underlined Kyiv's growing capabilities as the Black Sea becomes an increasingly important battleground in the war.
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