Novocherkassk in Sevastopol in 2015
A missile strike damaged the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk at its home base in Feodosia, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on December 26.
Two Ukrainian Su-24 jets, which launched missiles at the targets, were shot down the defense ministry said in the statement quoted by Russian media. The warplanes were downed by Russian air-defense facilities near the city of Nikolaev.
The head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said in his statement that one person was killed and two others were injured in the attack. Blast waves from explosions damaged windows in nearby buildings. No major damage was caused to civilian infrastructure.
Emergency services revealed that five have been injured so far and that 250 rescue workers were responding to the situation.
The local railroad operator later said that train schedules have been adjusted to allow for repairs at the train station where windows were shattered.
Landing ships are primarily meant for transportation of large military cargoes and amphibious operations. In particular, the Novocherkassk belongs to the Ropucha class and can carry 10 main battle tanks and 340 troops.
There were no details on type of missiles used by the Kyiv regime for the attack, but there are little doubts that NATO-provided missiles were involved.
The attack on Crimea came amid the recent setbacks of Kyiv’s forces around Donetsk city where they lost the key area of Mariinka and is now trying to stop the ongoing Russian advance in Avdiivka.
