On the night of December 26, there were explosions in the city of Feodosia in Crimea, connected with a fire in the port. According to the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Mykola Oleshchuk, the Ukrainian army launched a missile attack and destroyed the large amphibious assault ship "Novocherkask".
"I thank the pilots of the Air Force and everyone involved for the filigree work. "Put on your pants and leave our Crimea in a 'homely way' before it's too late," he said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the attack on this ship.
They said that a large amphibious ship was damaged in Feodosia last night during the repulse of an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the use of air-guided missiles.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that during an anti-aircraft battle, Russian air defenses destroyed two Ukrainian Su-24s that were launching missiles, the Russian state agency "RIA Novosti" reports.
Videos and photos of the fire and explosion were made public by city residents.
The head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak wrote that the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation will not be in Crimea, stressing that Crimea is Ukraine.
The ship "Novocherkask" was already hit by Ukrainian missiles in March 2022 in the port of Berdyansk. The large amphibious ship "Novocherkask" is one of the ships of "project 775" designed for the transportation and landing of amphibious troops. They were built during Soviet times in Poland, and in NATO this class of ships was called the Polish word "ropucha" - "frog".
