Berdyansk

2022 - 3 - 24

Orsk

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Satellite Images Confirm Russian Navy Landing Ship Was Sunk at ... (USNI News)

Video footage of the burning ship, taken soon after the attack, shows that two Ropucha-class landing ships were also damaged. They had been berthed alongside ...

Now that’s why they’re frustrated and frankly, we think that’s of a piece of why they had LSTs dropping off supplies in Berdyansk – to try to reinforce their efforts to take Mariupol,” the official said. “But clearly they could reach parts of the Donbas from the Sea of Azov if they wanted to. The captured port of Berdyansk provides a hard quay for unloading vehicles and supplies using cranes. The struck landing ship appeared to have been carrying substantial quantities of ammunition which likley “No signs that Odesa is under an imminent threat of an amphibious assault, or frankly a ground assault. They could absolutely use some of their surface power – particularly missiles – if they wanted to. The U.S. defense official would not say what Ukraine used to attack the ship, citing operational security for Ukrainian forces. They sailed away fighting their own blazes as the fire on the Alligator raged. The fire also spread to tanks on the pier. The imagery shows that the fire spread to a merchant ship moored in front of it. Video footage of the burning ship, taken soon after the attack, shows that two Ropucha-class landing ships were also damaged. I don’t know how many people were on the ship when it got hit,” the official said.

Orsk landing ship: Ukrainians claim to have destroyed large Russian ... (CNN)

Ukrainian armed forces have said they destroyed a large Russian landing ship at the port of Berdyansk in southern Ukraine on Thursday.

Large landing ships "Caesar Kunikov" and "Novocherkassk" were [also] damaged. Other losses of the enemy are being clarified." The Ukrainian armed forces on Friday named the ship as the "Saratov." In earlier reporting, the ship was named as the "Orsk."

Russian landing ship destroyed in Berdyansk, claims Ukraine (Naval Technology)

The Ukrainian Navy shared a video footage that showed explosions and black smoke pluming from a large grey vessel. Berdyansk port. Credit: Andrew Butko/ commons ...

It is also unclear if the incident resulted in military casualties. Orsk is a Soviet-era landing ship. However, the post did not provide other details regarding the explosion.

In fiery video, Ukraine says it destroyed Russian warship (The Washington Post)

Ukraine's navy claimed Thursday that it had destroyed a Russian landing ship at Russian-occupied Berdyansk, as videos showed fires and columns of smoke ...

State-owned Russian media outlets published a video of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Orsk Project 1171 offloading armored military vehicles on Monday at Berdyansk. Television network Zvezda claimed that the Orsk was the first Russian ship to enter the port and said it would help cut down on the delivery time of military equipment to troops. The damage to the ship was captured in social media videos verified by The Washington Post and satellite images. Several explosions followed until the entire ship was engulfed in flames. From another angle, sparks erupted from the deck. Ukraine’s deputy defense minister, Anna Malyar, declined to disclose the ship’s contents but said it could carry up to 20 tanks, 45 armored personnel carriers and 400 paratroopers. “It’s a setback, but it doesn’t change the strategic picture at all.”

Ukraine likely sank large Russian ship in Berdyansk, U.S. and ... (The Week Magazine)

Ukraine's navy said Thursday it destroyed a large Russian landing ship in the southern port of Berdyansk, which has been occupied by Russia for weeks.

Andrii Ryzhenko, a former Ukrainian Navy captain now with the Kyiv think tank Center for Defense Strategies, told The Wall Street Journal that for Russia, these landing ships are "the easiest way to bring and feed their contingent," and "our specialists say that at least for a few weeks, Berdyansk is closed for them for resupply because of damage to the port." Ukraine said the destroyed ship was either the Orsk or the similar landing ship Saratov, and two smaller ships were captured on camera fleeing the port after the explosions. Ukraine's navy said Thursday it destroyed a large Russian landing ship in the southern port of Berdyansk, which has been occupied by Russia for weeks.

Russia Bragged About Berdyansk Days Before Ukraine Claimed to ... (Newsweek)

The tweet from Ukrainian officials showed pictures of what appeared to be the Russian Orsk ship in flames.

Shortly after Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claimed that it had destroyed the Orsk ship, Reuters reported that they obtained video footage of the attack and were able to confirm that it was taken at the Berdyansk port. Gazdiev continued, "The point of this ship is to transport troops and heavy equipment. "By land, air and now sea, Russian troops continue to advance and reinforce into Ukraine," RT reporter Murad Gazdiev can be heard saying in the video.

March 25, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news (CNN)

Ukrainian armed forces named the Russian landing ship they say they attacked and destroyed in Berdyansk as the "Saratov," in a statement on Friday. In earlier ...

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