Storm shadows are in short supply, so the fact they were used tells me this was an extremely high value, high priority target.
Full quote:
> *Visual confirmation indicates that the Ukrainian missile attack has destroyed the Russian landing ship Minsk.*
>
> A photo of the Russian Ropucha-class landing ship Minsk has been posted on the Crimean Telegram channel Krymskiy Veter following Ukraine’s nighttime attack on a dry dock in occupied Sevastopol in Crimea (southern Ukraine) on 13 September.
>
> According to the Dutch open-source intelligence warfare research group Oryx, visual confirmation indicates that the Russian warship Minsk has been destroyed, not merely damaged. Thus, the Oryx experts conclude that the ship cannot be restored after a Ukrainian missile strike on 13 September.
>
> Judging by the photo of the Russian warship Minsk after the Ukrainian missile attack, it is clear that everything above the ship’s deck burned out.
>
> Apart from the destruction of the warship Minsk, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has lost the KILO-class submarine Rostov-on-Don following the Ukrainian nighttime attack on the dry dock of the Sevastopol shipyard in occupied Crimea.
>
> According to the Ukrainian OSINT group Defense Express, the assumption that the Rostov-on-Don submarine is permanently disabled is based not only on the scale of the fire that engulfed the dry dock where the submarine was stationed but also on the possibility of using Storm Shadow cruise missiles by Ukraine’s Armed Forces to hit the dry dock. A Storm Shadow missile strike causes the burning out of ships from the inside.
>
> On the night of 13 September, the Russian-installed occupation authorities of Sevastopol reported a fire at a shipyard in the Kilen Bay area following a massive missile attack by Ukraine’s Armed Forces. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the air defense took down seven out of ten Ukrainian cruise missiles and all maritime kamikaze drones launched by Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
>
> Ukraine’s Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk hinted in a social media post that the night attack on Sevastopol was carried out by Ukrainian aircraft, thanking the pilots.
Hope all that is true.
So whilst massive drone attacks by Russia mostly get intercepted or destroy civilian targets, Ukraine manages to destroy legitimate targets with only (supposedly) 30% of the fired missiles.
So Russia is still embarrassing themselves by stating that.
Best news I’ve herd all day. Sink them all.
Losing a ship and a submarine is a real bad look for Putin. Must have been a fun conversation when he woke up this morning…
That’s funny. What about submarine?
Someone is going to be taking a dive out a top floor window due to this.
Always nice, though the submarine is the big one
Glorious Russian Navy successfully intercepted Ukrainian missiles. These missiles are fully destroyed and cannot be recovered. The interceptors did their jobs perfectly staying on the course of the missile and causing them to impact and explode.
The Russian command believes losses of such expensive missiles will show Ukrainians that Russia is capable of stopping these feeble projectiles from NATO.
Not only the ship and sub loss. They now have to cut up and remove the wrecks and repair the dry docks before they can use them. Much better return on investment than just sinking them at sea. Nice job.
So now ships with the names of both aggressor countries capitals have been destroyed. Beautiful 🌻
Destruction of the dry dock can be more important than the destruction of a single ship, or even a ship + a sub.
If they managed all three … wow.
Russian warships fucked themselves.
If Ukraine can put Sevastopol under fire control, what is the point for Russia to hold Crimea? The Russian Navy is going to think twice before sending another ship to that port.
15 comments
Storm shadows are in short supply, so the fact they were used tells me this was an extremely high value, high priority target.
Full quote:
> *Visual confirmation indicates that the Ukrainian missile attack has destroyed the Russian landing ship Minsk.*
>
> A photo of the Russian Ropucha-class landing ship Minsk has been posted on the Crimean Telegram channel Krymskiy Veter following Ukraine’s nighttime attack on a dry dock in occupied Sevastopol in Crimea (southern Ukraine) on 13 September.
>
> According to the Dutch open-source intelligence warfare research group Oryx, visual confirmation indicates that the Russian warship Minsk has been destroyed, not merely damaged. Thus, the Oryx experts conclude that the ship cannot be restored after a Ukrainian missile strike on 13 September.
>
> Judging by the photo of the Russian warship Minsk after the Ukrainian missile attack, it is clear that everything above the ship’s deck burned out.
>
> Apart from the destruction of the warship Minsk, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has lost the KILO-class submarine Rostov-on-Don following the Ukrainian nighttime attack on the dry dock of the Sevastopol shipyard in occupied Crimea.
>
> According to the Ukrainian OSINT group Defense Express, the assumption that the Rostov-on-Don submarine is permanently disabled is based not only on the scale of the fire that engulfed the dry dock where the submarine was stationed but also on the possibility of using Storm Shadow cruise missiles by Ukraine’s Armed Forces to hit the dry dock. A Storm Shadow missile strike causes the burning out of ships from the inside.
>
> On the night of 13 September, the Russian-installed occupation authorities of Sevastopol reported a fire at a shipyard in the Kilen Bay area following a massive missile attack by Ukraine’s Armed Forces. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the air defense took down seven out of ten Ukrainian cruise missiles and all maritime kamikaze drones launched by Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
>
> Ukraine’s Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk hinted in a social media post that the night attack on Sevastopol was carried out by Ukrainian aircraft, thanking the pilots.
Hope all that is true.
So whilst massive drone attacks by Russia mostly get intercepted or destroy civilian targets, Ukraine manages to destroy legitimate targets with only (supposedly) 30% of the fired missiles.
So Russia is still embarrassing themselves by stating that.
Best news I’ve herd all day. Sink them all.
Losing a ship and a submarine is a real bad look for Putin. Must have been a fun conversation when he woke up this morning…
That’s funny. What about submarine?
Someone is going to be taking a dive out a top floor window due to this.
Always nice, though the submarine is the big one
Glorious Russian Navy successfully intercepted Ukrainian missiles. These missiles are fully destroyed and cannot be recovered. The interceptors did their jobs perfectly staying on the course of the missile and causing them to impact and explode.
The Russian command believes losses of such expensive missiles will show Ukrainians that Russia is capable of stopping these feeble projectiles from NATO.
Not only the ship and sub loss. They now have to cut up and remove the wrecks and repair the dry docks before they can use them. Much better return on investment than just sinking them at sea. Nice job.
So now ships with the names of both aggressor countries capitals have been destroyed. Beautiful 🌻
Destruction of the dry dock can be more important than the destruction of a single ship, or even a ship + a sub.
If they managed all three … wow.
Russian warships fucked themselves.
If Ukraine can put Sevastopol under fire control, what is the point for Russia to hold Crimea? The Russian Navy is going to think twice before sending another ship to that port.
Ship is fucked.