Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv claims to have put a Russian Black Sea ship out of action
Ukraine claims to have put a Russian Black Sea fleet ship out of action
Ukraine’s intelligence services have claimed to have put the Russian Black Sea fleet vessel Olenegorsky Gornyak out of action, saying it has sustained a serious breach and is currently unable to carry out combat missions.
Reuters reports an intelligence source has told it that the sea drone attack was carried out by Ukraine’s SBU security service and its navy.
Earlier the Russian ministry of defence claimed it had thwarted overnight Ukrainian attacks on a naval base in the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula.
The Guardian has seen unverified video which purports to be from the Novorossiysk naval base, showing a Russian military vessel badly listing to one side.
The large Russian war ship “Olenegorsky Gornyak” was hit. pic.twitter.com/rsmLKYiQTU
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 4, 2023
The Olenegorsky Gornyak is a Ropucha-class project 775 large landing ship, built by the Soviet Union in the 1970s.