According to a report by Newsweek, an American current affairs weekly, on the 18th (local time), the Conflict Intelligence Team ( CIT ), a non-profit investigative group that tracks Russian military activities, posted a photo of a Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet submarine that was damaged by a Ukrainian military airstrike on Telegram that day. posted. The photo was reportedly taken on the 13th.
A large hole can be seen on the side of this submarine, located in a dry dock in the Sevastopol port. It is believed that the damage was caused by an explosion.
The upper part of the submarine where the entrance is is also largely먹튀검증 torn off, allowing the internal structure to be seen. Newsweek explained that
this submarine is a Kilo-class ‘Rostov-on-Don’ B-237 that can be equipped with cruise missiles.
Newsweek analyzed that “the submarine was damaged last week when a Ukrainian military missile struck a shipyard in Sevastopol, Crimea, an annexed territory of Russia.”
On the 15th, the British Ministry of Defense assessed that “Russia is downplaying the extent of the damage, but according to publicly available information, this submarine has suffered catastrophic damage.” “It will cost her many years and millions of dollars to get this submarine back to the front line,” he said, predicting that the Russian Black Sea Fleet could have difficulty maintaining its combat capability in the future.
Meanwhile, according to the New York Times, an American daily, on the 19th, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed all six Deputy Ministers of Defense two weeks after the Minister of Defense was replaced.
This measure, which is considered the largest military leadership reorganization since the start of the Ukraine War along with the dismissal of the Defense Minister earlier this month, comes ahead of President Zelenskyy’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly this week, a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, and a visit to the U.S. Congress. It came true.