🔥 Destruction

Ukrainian Defense Intelligence destroyed a guided-missile corvette of Russia's 41st Brigade of Guided-Missile Corvettes of the Black Sea Fleet on the night of 31 January-1 February.

Novoozerne, Crimea
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Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform Kyiv Independent

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence forces destroyed a guided-missile corvette belonging to the 41st Brigade of Guided-Missile Corvettes of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the night of 31 January-1 February.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Group 13 special unit destroyed the Ivanovets missile boat on the night of January 31 to February 1

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The operation was supported by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and United24 fundraising platform

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The boat was located in the roadstead of Lake Donuzlav in temporarily occupied Crimea

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The Russian warship suffered critical damage, rolled and sank due to a series of direct hits to the hull

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

The destroyed ship is estimated to be worth approximately $60-70 million

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

As of early February 2024, 33% of the Black Sea Fleet's warships had been disabled (24 ships and one submarine).

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