Ukraine carries out air assault on Crimea’s port of Feodosia
Reuters
December 25, 20236:38 PM PST
Updated 13 min ago
Dec 26 (Reuters) – Ukraine carried out an air attack on Feodosia in Crimea, Ukraine’s air force commander said on Tuesday, after the Russian-installed governor of the Crimea said that the assault sparked a fire in the town’s port area.
The commander of Ukraine’s air force, Mykola Oleshchuk, said on the Telegram messaging app, without providing evidence, that the attack destroyed a major Russian Navy vessel, the landing Novocherkask ship.
“And the fleet in Russia is getting smaller and smaller! Thanks to the Air Force pilots and everyone involved for the filigree work!” said Oleshchuk.
The report could not be independently verified and there was no immediate comment from Russia.
Both Russia and Ukraine have often exaggerated the losses they claim to have inflicted upon each other in the 22-month long war, while underestimated their own casualty and equipment losses.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-installed governor of Crimea, said only that the Ukrainian attack resulted in a fire in the town’s port area that was promptly contained.
“All relevant emergency services are on site,” Aksyonov said on the Telegram. “Residents of several houses will be evacuated.”
Footage posted on several Russian news outlets on Telegram showed powerful explosions and fires over a port area.
Several Large Explosions and Fires are raging at the Port in the Crimean City of Feodosia on the Coast of the Black Sea, following Ukrainian Strikes against what is reported to be Russian and Iran Naval Vessels carrying Munitions; the Ukrainian Air Force is claiming to have Sunk the “Novocherkassk” (BDK-46), a Ropucha-Class Amphibious Landing Ship during the Attack.
Magnificent work by the UAF. This is a major hit to Russian naval capabilities in the Black Sea. And whatever it was carrying really went up with a big bang!
That’s a huge explosion, there must have been thousands of shahed drones in there
The news is starting to make sense.
A Russian landing ship transporting Iranian weapons (Shaheds) was destroyed in the port of Feodosia.
So the equipment came from Iran via the Caspian Sea and then
either
by land from, for example, the port of Makhachkala to some port on the Black Sea (Novorossiysk or Port Kavkaz)
or
by ship via the Volga-Don Canal to the Sea of Azov (possibly with reloading in Berdyansk)
and
from there to Feodosia.
First I thought it was via the Bosphorus, but Iran to the Black Sea via Bosphorus makes no sense.
🎶 Bangle Booms, Boomble Booms
Bang boom all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to see
Poopin’s ships go ‘way! 🎶
One thing that puzzles me that I haven’t seen yet is how the ship got there from Iran. Was it able to go through the Suez Canal and Bosphorus Strait?
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Ship transporting Shahed missiles from Iran attacked in Crimea
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https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ship-transporting-shahed-missiles-from-iran-1703556672.html
Ukraine carries out air assault on Crimea’s port of Feodosia
Reuters
December 25, 20236:38 PM PST
Updated 13 min ago
Dec 26 (Reuters) – Ukraine carried out an air attack on Feodosia in Crimea, Ukraine’s air force commander said on Tuesday, after the Russian-installed governor of the Crimea said that the assault sparked a fire in the town’s port area.
The commander of Ukraine’s air force, Mykola Oleshchuk, said on the Telegram messaging app, without providing evidence, that the attack destroyed a major Russian Navy vessel, the landing Novocherkask ship.
“And the fleet in Russia is getting smaller and smaller! Thanks to the Air Force pilots and everyone involved for the filigree work!” said Oleshchuk.
The report could not be independently verified and there was no immediate comment from Russia.
Both Russia and Ukraine have often exaggerated the losses they claim to have inflicted upon each other in the 22-month long war, while underestimated their own casualty and equipment losses.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-installed governor of Crimea, said only that the Ukrainian attack resulted in a fire in the town’s port area that was promptly contained.
“All relevant emergency services are on site,” Aksyonov said on the Telegram. “Residents of several houses will be evacuated.”
Footage posted on several Russian news outlets on Telegram showed powerful explosions and fires over a port area.
Russian landing ship Novocherkassk
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_landing_ship_Novocherkassk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_landing_ship_Novocherkassk)
Several Large Explosions and Fires are raging at the Port in the Crimean City of Feodosia on the Coast of the Black Sea, following Ukrainian Strikes against what is reported to be Russian and Iran Naval Vessels carrying Munitions; the Ukrainian Air Force is claiming to have Sunk the “Novocherkassk” (BDK-46), a Ropucha-Class Amphibious Landing Ship during the Attack.
[https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1739477077814923586](https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1739477077814923586)
Thanks UAF for this Boxing Day gift!
Magnificent work by the UAF. This is a major hit to Russian naval capabilities in the Black Sea. And whatever it was carrying really went up with a big bang!
That’s a huge explosion, there must have been thousands of shahed drones in there
The news is starting to make sense.
A Russian landing ship transporting Iranian weapons (Shaheds) was destroyed in the port of Feodosia.
So the equipment came from Iran via the Caspian Sea and then
either
by land from, for example, the port of Makhachkala to some port on the Black Sea (Novorossiysk or Port Kavkaz)
or
by ship via the Volga-Don Canal to the Sea of Azov (possibly with reloading in Berdyansk)
and
from there to Feodosia.
First I thought it was via the Bosphorus, but Iran to the Black Sea via Bosphorus makes no sense.
🎶 Bangle Booms, Boomble Booms
Bang boom all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to see
Poopin’s ships go ‘way! 🎶
One thing that puzzles me that I haven’t seen yet is how the ship got there from Iran. Was it able to go through the Suez Canal and Bosphorus Strait?