May 8, 2024

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Attack on "Novocherkassk": 19 wounded, 33 sailors missing


In Crimea, after the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the landing ship Novocherkassk, 33 sailors went missing and another 19 people were wounded, Russian media write.

Telegram channel reported this Astra, “Agency”, “Euroradio”, “Delphi”, “Jellyfish” and other media. Astra, citing its sources, writes that at the time of the attack on the night of December 26, there were 77 crew members on the ship. 64-year-old Nadezhda, who worked in the port security system, also died. Remnants of a Storm Shadow missile were found at the site of the explosion.

The Russian publication Agency previously reported that there were sailors on the Novocherkassk ship during the attack. According to him, at least two officers could have been on the ship at the time of the impact. Presumably, this is naval officer Yevgeny Ivashev and the ship’s commander Nikolai Stepanenko, writes 24 channel.

We previously reported that at about three o’clock in the morning on Tuesday, December 26, the Ukrainian army attacked the port of Feodosia in the southeast of Crimea. A powerful detonation occurred there. The Ukrainian Armed Forces stated that hit the ship “Novocherkassk”, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed. The T-43 class training vessel UTS-150 also partially sank.



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