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- The success of the Ukrainian Air Force in Feodosia: the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk's second most important victory after the destruction of the cruiser Moskva
12/26/2023 12:00:23 p.m
Shoigu: “The 2023 goal of blocking the Ukrainian counteroffensive has been achieved.”
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow forces had “successfully achieved the main objective of the special military operation for 2023, interrupting the Ukrainian counteroffensive.” Tass reports it. In a conference call with senior Russian military commanders, Shoigu said that “the Russian army is constantly improving its position by expanding control over more areas in all directions. “We have made steady progress in achieving the objectives of the special military operation.”
12/26/2023 10:30:34
Moscow confirms: “The landing ship in the port of Feodosia was damaged by the Ukrainian attack”
Moscow confirms that the Novocherkassk landing ship was damaged in the Ukrainian missile attack on the port of Feodosia in Crimea last night. This was written by the Russian agency Tass, which had previously written that the attack caused one death and two injuries. Russian authorities in Crimea, quoted by Tass, add that the windows of six buildings were broken and the local train station was also damaged. Residents of the damaged buildings were relocated to another location, it said.
12/26/2023 08:50:16
The success of the Ukrainian Air Force in Feodosia: the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk's second most important victory after the destruction of the cruiser Moskva
The sinking of the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk was apparently the work of the Ukrainian Air Force in an attack on the port of Feodosia in eastern Crimea.
“The large landing ship Novocherkassk” was “destroyed” by Air Force pilots, Kiev said in a message posted on Telegram. “It was carrying Shaheds,” Iranian drones that Russia often uses against Ukraine, the source added.
The army did not name the location of the attack, but air force commander Mykola Olechtchouk broadcast a video showing an explosion and blazing flames at Russia's Feodosia naval base on the Black Sea in Crimea.
This is the second most significant sinking after the April 2022 sinking of the cruiser Moskva, the Russian flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.
12/26/2023 8:41:52 AM
Russia, Iranian drone strike in Odessa
During the night and as of yesterday afternoon, the Russians launched 19 Iranian-made “Shahed” kamikaze drones over Ukrainian territory, 13 of which were shot down by the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The drones – according to the Kiev Air Force Telegram channel cited by Ukrainian media, including Ukrinform – were launched from Balaklava in Crimea and Primorsko Akhtar towards the Ukrainian regions of Odessa, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Khmelnytskyi, the latter in western Ukraine. .
The ongoing war in Ukraine today, December 26, Boxing Day during the conflict unleashed by Russia on February 24, 2022, has not brought a ceasefire: Moscow claims Ukrainian forces launched an attack near Feodosia in Crimea started. This was reported by the Russian news agency Tass. “The port area was cordoned off: there were explosions and a fire that has now been localized,” pro-Russian governor Sergei Aksyonov reported, adding that “residents of several houses” had been evacuated.
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At least one person died and two others were injured, said the Russian governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, citing the Russian agencies Iass and Interfax. Kiev says it destroyed the Russian Novocherkassk landing ship with Shahed drones and cruise missiles.
Feodosia or Teodosia is the recent name of Al Kafa (then Caffa), conquered or purchased by the Republic of Genoa at the end of the 12th century: a city that enjoyed a long history thanks to trade between Asia and the Genoese naval power spanning two centuries prosperity.
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