Ukraine disabled five of six Russian large landing ships – Navy spox

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Ukraine's defense forces have disabled five out of six large landing ships of the Russian navy.

Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said this in a comment to LIGA.net, Ukrinform reports.

According to him, the large landing ship Saratov was the first to be sunk in the port of temporarily occupied Berdiansk - the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit it on March 24, 2022.

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At that time, the landing ships Caesar Kunikov and Novocherkassk were also damaged, and a fire broke out on them.

The fourth ship is the Olenegorsky Gornyak, a large landing ship hit by a Ukrainian sea drone in the port of Novorossiysk on August 4 this year. The warship is undergoing repairs.

At the same time, Pletenchuk declined to name the fifth target.