Russian Navy loses last Kalibr missile carrier ship in Crimea

Russian troops in Crimea have lost the last surface cruise missile carrier ship Cyclone. A representative of the Defence Forces of Southern Ukraine, Dmytro Pletenchuk, said this on 20 May during a telethon.

Perhaps the entire personnel was struck. They are very defeated now. We are verifying the rest of the information now, but, of course, there is this possibility that the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea has lost its last cruise missile carrier," Pletenchuk said.

He noted that it is necessary to wait for official confirmation of the information.

Earlier about the destruction of the warship of the Russian Federation with reference to its monitoring group reported Telegram channel Crimean wind.

Today at the Kurinoe wharf, near which the missile strike was made, there was a ship 70-75 metres long, reports the monitoring group. In the afternoon the ship was no longer here," the report says.

It is noted that the length of the missile boat "Cyclone" is 67 metres. It is presumed that it was the "Cyclone" that was hit, as the accuracy of distance measurement of this satellite is low.

The Russian propaganda Telegram channel Dossier of Spy confirmed this information. It believes that the AFU hit the ship with two ATACMS ballistic missiles.

It is reported that the strike killed six occupants. Another 11 military RF were injured, and the ship itself sank.

Earlier Socialportal reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the night of Sunday, 19 May, destroyed the Russian Black Sea Fleet's sea minesweeper of the project 266-M "Kovrovets".