Ukraine’s air pressure stated on Tuesday (Dec 26) that it had destroyed a serious Russia touchdown ship stationed within the Crimean waters, after the Russian-installed governor of Crimea stated that Kyiv’s assault sparked a hearth within the port of Feodosia.
“And the fleet in Russia is getting smaller and smaller! Because of the Air Drive pilots and everybody concerned for the filigree work!” the commander of Ukraine’s air pressure, Mykola Oleshchuk, stated on the Telegram messaging app, with out offering proof.
In a separate assertion, Ukraine’s air pressure stated, additionally with out offering proof, that its pilots attacked Feodosia at round 2.30am with cruise missiles, destroying the Novocherkassk vessel of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
The report couldn’t be independently verified and there was no speedy remark from Russia on the alleged destruction of the ship. It was not instantly identified what missiles Ukraine reportedly used and what number of of them.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-installed governor of Crimea, stated solely that the Ukrainian assault resulted in a hearth within the city’s port space that was promptly contained.
“All related emergency providers are on web site,” Aksyonov stated on the Telegram. “Residents of a number of homes will probably be evacuated.”
The Russian-installed administration of Crimea stated in an announcement that resulting from “technical causes” trains is not going to be departing from Feodosia in the interim and that road visitors was partially blocked in Feodosia.