Ukraine's military said it destroyed the Rostov-on-Don attack submarine in a missiles attack on Friday.

Ukraine’s military says it attacked and destroyed a Russian submarine while it was anchored at a port in the occupied Crimean peninsula.

The Rostov-on-Don, a kilo-class attack submarine launched in 2014, sank after it was struck in a missile attack on the port city of Sevastopol on Friday, Ukraine’s general staff said in a statement.

It was reportedly one of four submarines operated by Russia’s Black Sea fleet capable of launching Kalibr cruise missiles. The Russian defence ministry has not commented.

Officials in Kyiv said the attack also destroyed four S-400 air defence systems protecting the peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.

  • humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I have a friend who actually was serving on this aircraft carrier. It’s hell and the crew was dis moraled due to lack of basic needs like towels and working bathrooms.

    Sunking Admiral Kuznetsov would look like destroying mental asylum for depressed patients

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I’ve heard it’s a bit like a labyrinth where nobody even has up-to-date schematics of the passages on the ship, and a lot of spaces are just sealed and conserved. And it stinks everywhere.