Ukraine just successfully attacked another Russian ship from the Black Sea Fleet.
Both the Ukrainians and the Russians are acknowledging the ship was hit and damaged, so there shouldn't much argument about this news story.
ukraine-damages-russian-cruise-missile-carrier-in-latest-strike-on-crimea-The Russians lost two ships to Ukrainian missile attacks in Crimea a couple of months ago, but for some reason they sent another ship back to Crimea ---- and the Ukrainians blew up this ship as well.
This time the Ukrainians blew up the Askold---the Russian Navy's most modern ship.
the Ukrainians just blew up the Askold This is a pretty significant loss for the Black Sea Fleet since the Askold is newest and most modern ship in the entire Russian navy. It was completed just before Russia invaded Ukraine and it has been used to launch cruise missile attacks against Ukraine.
This is clearly another major victory for the Ukrainians over the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Perhaps the Russians thought that because this ship was so modern and was equipped with the very latest in Russian anti-missile technology, it would be able to defend itself from Ukrainian attack.....but clearly they were wrong.
Some may claim that the Askold wasn't heavily damaged and will soon return to service, but the photo of the Askold above shows quite substantial damage that won't be easily repaired, especially since the main dry dock for the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea has also been blown up by the Ukrainains and will be unavailable for ship repairs for the foreseeable future.
Cheers!