The Novocherkassk landing ship has become the latest Russian maritime casualty in Moscow’s ongoing war on Ukraine.
Ukraine’s latest successful strike against the Russian Black Sea Fleet speaks to the « trap » Moscow’s warships find themselves in, one Ukrainian parliamentary adviser has said, as the Kremlin counts the cost of a cruise missile attack on the Crimean port of Feodosia.
« The missile arrived at the same exact time and destroyed a lot of the ship’s crew, and other people who were around the ship, » Stupak added. « The number of casualties could rise. »
The Black Sea Fleet—which cannot be reinforced by vessels from other Russian fleets since Turkey closed the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits to military shipping from February 2022—is now caught in a « trap, » Stupak said.
Pro-war Russian milbloggers lamented the latest maritime setback.
