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Ukraine’s military said it has sank a Russian landing ship in yet another blow to Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea fleet.
Drones shot down the large Russian amphibious assault ship ‘Caesar Kunikov’ in an overnight attack.
Footage circulating on Telegram channels shows plumes of grey smoke rising in the sky above a vessel.
Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko said the targeted vessel was the ‘Caesar Kunikov’, which took part in Russian military operations in Georgia in 2008.
Russian Ministry of Defence is yet to comment on the reports. If confirmed, it is a major win against the Kremlin in the war that will soon enter its third year.
But this comes just hours after the ministry reported that its anti-aircraft missiles allegedly shot down six drones in the waters of the Black Sea.
In December, Ukrainian cruise missiles struck a large Russian landing warship in Crimea that killed at least one person
Metro.co.uk could not independently verify the account.
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