There is no Black Sea Fleet of Russia anymore, Ukraine hit Russian “Ivan Khurs” ship

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During the strike on Sevastopol, the Ukrainian Defence Forces hit two large landing ships of the occupants - Yamal and Azov.
The attack by the Ukrainian Defence Forces caused a nervous reaction among Russian propagandists.
Z -"war correspondent" Yegor Guzenko confirmed the hitting of the Yamal and Azov large landing ships:
"The fact remains, the Black Sea Fleet is no more".
The Russian military correspondent also hinted that another Russian ship, the Ivan Khurs, may have been hit.
This information is also confirmed by sources of the ASTRA Telegram channel, which said that the Ivan Khurs was hit by two missiles at once.
The UK's defense ministry declared Russia's Black Sea Fleet "functionally inactive" after Ukraine claimed to have struck another two of its ships.
UK Defence Minister Grant Shapps wrote that Ukrainian attacks are taking a "massive" toll on the Russian fleet, in a post that appeared to confirm a pair of strikes Ukraine announced on last Sunday.
"Russia has sailed the Black Sea since 1783 but is now forced to constrain its fleet to port," Shapps wrote. "And even there Putin's ships are sinking!".
Earlier, Ukraine announced that it had struck two large landing vessels in the port of Sevastopol, in Crimea. Some sources said the missiles used to hit the Yamal and Azov were likely UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
The Yamal sustained critical damage to part of its upper deck and is taking on water, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence claime.
A communications center and several infrastructure buildings in Sevastopol were also hit, the General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces said. The extent of the damage to the Azov is not immediately clear.
According to The Telegraph, each ship would cost about $215 million to replace with modern equivalents.

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