Ukrainian forces fired a Tochka-U missile at Berdyansk military port, striking and sinking the Russian landing ship Saratov and damaging sister ships Tsesar Kunikov and Novocherkassk. Eight were reportedly killed aboard Kunikov and three killed and three injured aboard Novocherkassk.
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Ukrainian forces fired a Tochka-U missile at Berdyansk military port, striking and sinking the Russian landing ship Saratov and damaging sister ships Tsesar Kunikov and Novocherkassk. Eight were reportedly killed aboard Kunikov and three killed and three injured aboard Novocherkassk.
The landing ship Orsk was destroyed in Berdiansk port
The ship was destroyed at 7 am
Ukrainian forces struck a large Russian amphibious assault ship in the port of Berdiansk on March 24
The Russian Alligator-class landing ship was burned and partially submerged as of March 25
Berdiansk is currently occupied by Russian forces
In March 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an airstrike on the occupied port of Berdyansk. During that operation, they claimed to have destroyed a large Russian Black Sea Fleet ship called Saratov and also caused damage to two other landing ships, Caesar Kunikov and Novocherkassk
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Source story: day-29-2022-03-24