The vessel was one of two hit by Ukrainian cruise missiles in Sevastopol early on Wednesday morning.
Ukrainian forces appear to be taking a methodical approach to attacking the Black Sea Fleet, which Russia has been using to impose an intermittent naval blockade of southern Ukrainian ports and to regularly launch cruise missiles at Ukrainian cities.—despite having no meaningful conventional naval vessels of their own. Among them is theguided missile cruiser, the Black Sea Fleet's flagship that was sunk by anti-ship missiles in April 2022.
The Russian Ropucha-class landing ship 'Georgy Pobedonosets' crosses the Bosporus en route to the Black Sea on February 9, 2022, in Istanbul, Turkey. Three such Russian landing craft have been damaged or destroyed during Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
"This is the only correct response to Russia's attempts to turn hunger into a weapon and the only way to ensure uninterrupted grain supplies to the countries of the East and Africa," Podolyak wrote. "The way to do this is to build up the capacity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including by expanding the range of weapons. We can already see the results of this in Sevastopol. A professional and meaningful 'statement.'"
Russia has warned that ships traveling in the Black Sea to Ukraine's ports may be considered military targets. In July, Moscow pulled out of the historic Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allowed the safe exports of Ukraine's grain and agricultural products to global markets.
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