Four airborne landing ships have been destroyed, four more are being repaired.
Tugs move a large landing ship at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine The Black Sea Fleet had 13 large landing ships ships (VDK).
This was announced by the speaker of the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Captain 3rd Rank Dmitry Pletenchuk.
“Moreover, they deliberately launched six of them under the pretext of exercises in preparation for a full-scale attack on our country. Of these 13 units, as of now, five remain in service. Four were destroyed and four are being repaired,” Pletenchuk informed.
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He added that three Russian ships that took part in the occupation of Berdyansk and part of southern Ukraine have already “reunited at the bottom of the sea.” We are talking about “Saratov”, “Novocherkassk” and “Cesar Kunikov”.
“In total, of the number of the Black Sea Fleet in the Azov-Black Sea region, we can state approximately a third of the destroyed ships and another 15 units are under repair from -for various damages. However, the group still remains quite dangerous,” emphasized Dmitry Pletenchuk.
The Navy representative added that the occupiers cannot leave the Black Sea despite the threats.
“This will already be called surrender . Therefore, they are obliged to do these tasks and conduct reconnaissance, do tasks to protect the bases. Don’t forget that they control civilian shipping in the Kerch Strait, which is officially closed by Ukraine, because these are our territorial waters,” Pletenchuk noted.
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