russian occupied crimea. local officials say at least one person was killed, and ukraine said the ship was destroyed. president zelensky wrote on telegram: the occupiers will not have a single peaceful place in ukraine. james waterhouse reports. for ukraine, this was a high value target. explosion. the novocherkassk landing ship struck by a guided missile. the blast was colossal. moscow claims it was only damaged. kyiv says destroyed. it s going to need more than a lick of paint regardless. crimea has been in russia s grasp since 2014. but sights like this have become more common with ukraine striking deeper into the peninsula. the novocherkassk would have almost certainly been loaded with either soldiers, hardware, or both. its loss will hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north, as well as further weaken its naval dominance in the black sea. what attacks like these have yet to do is apply enough pressure on moscow for it to surrender ukrainian territory it ha
the force of the blast suggests it was full. moscow claims the ship was only damaged. kyiv says it was destroyed. it s going to need more than a lick of paint regardless. crimea has been firmly held by russia since 2014, but sights like this have become more common with ukraine striking deeper into the peninsula. the novocherkassk would ve almost certainly been loaded with either soldiers, hardware or both. it being taken out will hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north, as well as further weaken its naval dominance in the black sea. translation: a huge job has been done. - a big assault carrier was destroyed, and it did become part of a fleet to which the moskva missile cruiser belongs. kyiv has successfully targeted russian vessels before, including the moskva, once the flagship of moscow s black sea fleet. what attacks like these have yet to do is apply enough pressure on moscow for it to surrender ukrainian territory it has taken, but for ukraine, for presi
a high value target. the russian novocherkassk landing ship struck by a guided missile. the force of the blast suggests it was full. moscow claims the ship was only damaged. kyiv says it was destroyed. it s going to need more than a lick of paint regardless. crimea has been firmly held by russia since 2014, but sights like this have become more common with ukraine striking deeper into the peninsula. the novocherkassk would ve almost certainly been loaded with either soldiers, hardware or both. it being taken out will hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north, as well as further weaken its naval dominance in the black sea. translation: a huge job has been done. - a big assault carrier was destroyed, and it did become part of a fleet to which the moskva missile cruiser belongs. kyiv has successfully targeted russian vessels before, including the moskva, once the flagship of moscow s black sea fleet. what attacks like these have yet to do is apply enough pressure on
the russian novocherkassk landing ship struck by a guided missile. the force of the blast suggests it was full. moscow claims the ship was only damaged. kyiv says it was destroyed. it s going to need more than a lick of paint regardless. crimea has been firmly held by russia since 2014, but sights like this have become more common with ukraine striking deeper into the peninsula. the novocherkassk would ve almost certainly been loaded with either soldiers, hardware or both. it being taken out will hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north, as well as further weaken its naval dominance in the black sea. translation: a huge job has been done. - a big assault carrier was destroyed, and it did become part of a fleet to which the moskva missile cruiser belongs. kyiv has successfully targeted russian vessels before, including the moskva, once the flagship of moscow s black sea fleet. what attacks like these have yet to do is apply enough pressure on moscow for it to sur
they haven t noticed that over the past four months, 20% of russia s black sea fleet has been destroyed. and he goes on to say that, russia s dominance in the black sea is now challenged, and the new uk and norway led maritime capability coalition is helping to ensure ukraine will win at sea. our correspondent, james waterhouse who is in the poltava region in central ukraine has been explaining what this means. it is significant in the sense that ukraine can still navigate russian air defences and strike in the heart of a peninsula that russia has held so tightly onto since 2014. now, the novocherkassk was in port, in feodosiya, suggesting that it was probably being loaded with men, equipment, or both. now, this is a major vessel, it s enormous, and it will no doubt hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north in ukrainian territory it occupies. what is less clear is for how long operations will be disrupted. we ve seen ukraine launch long range missiles over