Information posted on Telegram by the Russian BMPD site on Telegram that Ukraine used a Bayraktar TB2 drone to diversion, attracting the attention of the ship’s air defense crew while two Neptune anti-ship missiles approached the target. pepper.
The missile hit the port side of the ship and caused it to tilt sharply, and at the same time caused a fire spread or burned directly to the ammunition depot. The risk of exploding the ammunition depot forced the evacuation of more than 500 crew members, so the work to protect the ship’s vitality was not carried out, while the strong sea caused water to quickly overflow.
If confirmed, this would be the heaviest loss of equipment to the Russian army since the beginning of the campaign in Ukraine, and one of the worst losses to the Russian Navy in recent years.
In Mariupol ukrainian defenders destroyed another russian BMP.
