Military Intelligence said the special operation used Ukraine's own MAGURA V5 maritime drones to sink the Russian amphibious assault ship Cesar Kunikov in the Black Sea in the pre-dawn attack.
Russian radio communications confirm the destruction of the Cesar Kunikov assault ship, with Ukrainian intelligence intercepting transmissions detailing visual inspections of the sunken vessel.
Russian invaders are painstakingly salvaging the wreckage of the large landing ship Novocherkassk from the ocean floor, piece by piece, after it was destroyed by Ukrainian forces over a month ago.
For the first time, Russian authorities publicly confirmed the death of a sailor from the VDK Novocherkask, a vessel destroyed in the port of temporarily occupied Feodosia on Dec. 26, with this acknowledgment later being removed, Ukrainian news outlet Krym.Realii reported on Jan. 30.
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