Ukrainian Army hit Russian landing ship Konstantin Olshansky with Neptune missile

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the large landing ship "Konstantin OlshaUkrainian Armed Forces hit the large landing ship "Konstantin Olshansky" with a Neptune missile.
Ukrainian navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said this.
"Currently, this ship is not combat-capable," Pletenchuk said on national television.

He added that a Ukrainian-made Neptune anti-ship missile was used for this.
Ukraine, which still controls several hundred kilometres of Black Sea coastline despite Russian occupation of some of its southern regions, does not have any large warships.
However, it has conducted a series of successful strikes on Russia's Black Sea fleet in recent months using missiles or seaborne drones.
There was no immediate comment from Russia.
Russia took the Konstantin Olshansky from Ukraine, along with most of Kyiv's navy, when its troops occupied the Crimean peninsula in 2014.
Pletenchuk said:
"Currently, this ship is not combat-capable,". There was no immediate comment from Russia.
Russia took the Konstantin Olshansky from Ukraine, along with most of Kyiv's navy, when its troops occupied the Crimean peninsula in 2014.
For 9 years it was dismantled for parts, and a year ago they decided to restore it.
In addition, the speaker of the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed the defeat of the ship “Ivan Khurs” in Crimea.
“As for the Ivan Khurs, we can confirm the defeat of reconnaissance equipment in the assault part of the ship. That is, in fact, now he is not ready for combat, he cannot carry out the tasks as intended,” said Dmitry Pletenchuk.

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