Z-bloggers confirmed a hit on warships in Sevastopol

On Sunday night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out the most massive attack on Sevastopol in recent times, after which they reported the defeat of two large landing ships Yamal and Azov. Major pro-Russian military blogs have already confirmed that warships were hit in the attack.

Details . The Strategic Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Sunday morning reported the defeat of two large landing ships “Yamal” and “Azov” (pictured). This is a Project 775 landing craft, which was built in Gdansk, Poland during the Soviet era. Yamal was commissioned in 1988, Azov in 1990. During the war, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already destroyed ships of this class - Novocherkassk and Caesar Kunikov .

• In addition, the missiles, according to the department, hit a communications center and “several infrastructure facilities of the Black Sea Fleet.” The pro-Ukrainian telegram channel “Crimean Wind” clarified that the main special communications center of the fleet was damaged.
• Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozzhaev called the night attack “the most massive in recent times.” According to him, a 65-year-old local resident was killed during the shelling and four others were injured. In addition, city, school and maritime transport were damaged , and almost 100 reports of damage to cars, buildings and residential buildings were received by service phones.
• The largest pro-Russian military blogs have already begun to confirm the defeat of the ships. Boris Rozhin's Colonelcassad channel reported "2 or 3 hits on ships in the harbor." According to him, the air defense managed to shoot down 10 Storm Shadow missiles and all Neptunes, and two Su-24 bombers were destroyed by return fire.
• Another pro-Russian military blogger, Yuri Podolyaka, in his channel “generally” agreed with Rozhin’s assessment, adding that “the enemy has pushed through our air defense “massively”.” According to him, more than 20 missiles were fired, most of them were shot down. He also confirmed the damage to two large landing craft.
• Podolyaka also wrote that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to hit the location of the 810th Sevastopol brigade, but “God <...> averted the main trouble.” The military blogger also acknowledged the casualties among the military, also noting that “there could be many more of them.”
• The Rybar channel, close to the Ministry of Defense, reported that more than 40 missiles and drones of various types were used in the attack on Crimea. Among the targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was the parking of warships, but “the targets were shot down” and “no serious damage was recorded.” Also, cruise missiles were sent to a shipyard, but the warhead of one did not work, and the second hit the pier, the blogger added.
• Rybar also reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the unused infrastructure of the Black Sea Fleet in the center of Sevastopol and the oil depot in Gvardeyskoye. During the attack on the energy facility, six drones were destroyed, three more fell on the territory of the facility, but as a result of the fire, “the main oil tanks were not damaged.”
• In addition, Rybar reported an attempt to hit the deployment point of the 126th Separate Guards Coastal Defense Brigade in the Perevalnoye area. Nine missiles were shot down by air defense, a telegram channel associated with the Ministry of Defense clarified.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense did not comment on the attack on Crimea in its daily report, only listing the targets destroyed by air defense. According to the department, over the past 24 hours, 172 Ukrainian drones, 11 Storm Shadow cruise missiles, three Neptune missiles, four MALD missiles, as well as 22 rockets from the HIMARS and Vampire multiple launch rocket systems were shot down.

Context. In just two years of war, Ukraine managed to disable at least 15 ships of the Black Sea Fleet alone - this is almost a quarter of all its ships. Also hit were the Minsk landing ship of the Baltic Fleet and the Olenegorsk Miner of the Northern Fleet ( returned to service in January).

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