The Ministry of Defense of Russia today avoided commenting on the sinking of the landing ship in its war report Caesar Kúnikov of the fleet Black Seaclaimed by Ukrainebut he did report advances of his troops in the east of Ukraine.
According to the daily report of the Russian military, their forces improved positions on the fronts of Donetsk y Luhanskregions that Russia annexed in September 2022, but does not fully control.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day exceeded a thousand troops, according to Defense.
In addition, during the last day, 98 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson.
Meanwhile, in the Zaporizhia region, neighboring Khersona Mi-24 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed, adds the Russian report.
The Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov, sunk this Wednesday near the coast of the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, is the second warship to lose in the Black Sea in the last two weeks.
The Caeser Kúnikov, built in the shipyards of Gdansk (Poland) and launched in 1986 (still in Soviet times), it was a landing ship 112.5 meters long, 15 meters wide and could reach a maximum speed of 17.5 knots.
This ship was part of the so-called ‘Project 775’, of which 28 units were built between 1974 and 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved.
According to Ukrainian military intelligence, GUR, the ship was sunk with naval drones and most of its crew died. EFE (I)
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