On 26 December, the Ukrainian Defence Forces destroyed the Russian Black Sea Fleet ship Novocherkassk in the port of Feodosia. The ship was carrying Shahed drones, which the Russian army uses to attack Ukrainian cities, according to the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security (CSCIC) of Ukraine.
The CSCIC provided details of the defeat of Novocherkassk
According to the centre, on the eve of the full-scale invasion, Russia deployed six additional guided-missile submarines from the Northern and Baltic Fleets to the Black Sea, increasing the number of ships of this class to 13.
The enemy planned to use the ship in amphibious operations to seize the coasts of Odesa and Mykolaiv regions, but was firmly rebuffed by the Ukrainian coastal defence forces, the statement said.
Today, the enemy's military equipment is used for logistical purposes: transferring personnel, military equipment and ammunition between Russian ports and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, the centre explained.
The Ukrainian Defence Forces inflicted heavy losses on Russian landing craft. The ships Saratov, Caesar Kunikov (Black Sea Fleet), Olenegorskiy Gornyak (Northern Fleet) and Minsk (Baltic Fleet) were destroyed or damaged.
The Novocherkassk was first attacked in the port of Berdyansk in March 2012 and finally destroyed by the Ukrainian Defence Forces on 26 December 2023, the report said.
What is known about the damage to the Novocherkassk ship
On the night of 26 December, at around 02:30, tactical aviation of the Ukrainian Air Force launched a cruise missile attack on the Novocherkassk large landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Feodosia region. Later, a large fire broke out in the port of Feodosia.
Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk confirmed that the large landing ship Novocherkassk was destroyed.
The Russian authorities traditionally lie about minor damage and even destruction of Ukrainian aircraft, but do not publish any evidence of these statements.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has already reported to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on the destruction of the Novocherkassk large landing ship in the Feodosia region of occupied Crimea.
This information was officially confirmed by Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov.
