Crippled Russian naval ship... Again...

Ukrainian officials say "unidentified floating objects" crippled Russian naval ship

From Olga Voitovych

A spokesperson for Ukraine's Defense Intelligence says that "unidentified floating objects" damaged a Russian navy landing ship at the port of Novorossiysk on Friday — without officially confirming that Ukraine was behind the attack.

"In Moscow, there are unidentified flying objects. Here we have unidentified floating objects that have obviously damaged this landing ship," Andriy Yusov told Ukrainian television.

Geolocated social media video indicated that a Russian landing ship — the Olenegorsky Gornyak — was seriously damaged and listing heavily on Friday morning after being struck by a maritime drone.

The attack was "a serious slap in the face" for the Kremlin, Yusov said. "In terms of security, of course, this is a big loss for the occupiers' fleet. Planning further landing operations, including the use of these vessels, becomes more problematic."

"This means that one of the combat units, a large landing ship, is put out of action," Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian military in the south, said. "We are dealing with a very dangerous, very prepared and difficult enemy in terms of weapons and manpower, so it is absolutely legitimate to destroy the enemy's potential in a time of war."