Ukraine Destroyed Russian Vessel in Black Sea with Harpoon Missiles, U.K.
British military intelligence confirmed Tuesday that Ukrainian troops sank Russian ships near the coast of Ukraine using newly provided Western anti-capal missiles in Kyiv’s ability to start compensating for Moscow’s exponential military benefits.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense first reported on Friday that they had destroyed Russian Vasily Vasily Bekh’s tugs when they tried to send weapons and troops to the Snake Island, the Strategic Area of Ukraina 80 Miles from the Consequential Odessa Port that had been tried by Russia to do The 80 miles of militarization from Odessa that Russia had tried to carry out militarization attempted in Russia. . The reports cannot be confirmed immediately.
The latest assessment of the US Ministry of Defense emphasized that the target of the attack was almost certain” that pulled the ship and that the Ukraine troops strike for the first time using the Anti-Capal Harpoon missile provided by the West.
The sinking representatives the latest high-profit attack on russia’s powerful sea forces, following reports that ukraine’s forces destroyed another ship near the island in may shortly after a missile strike in April at that time. Russian President Vladimir Putin freed some of his main admirals after the sinking of Moskva and other embarrassing battlefield failures
Russia’s state news does not immediately mention the latest attacks or British statements. On June 12, he noted that the tundling ship received his name from a search and rescue specialist with a broad experience saving the assets of the Russian navy in the danger that died in January 2021.
The British Ministry said the attack “showed the difficulties faced by Russia when trying to support their troops occupying the island of snakes” and that the effectiveness of Ukraine in defending the beach Most have neutralized Russia’s ability to build sea control and project maritime forces in the north- Western Black Sea. “The ministry said that Ukraine had damaged the Russian invasion strategy, which involved threatening Odessa from the sea.
The Russian Odessa Blocade has strangled Ukraine’s ability to export global supplies of wheat and other goods, forcing the international crisis.
Two new Harpoon coastal defense systems were among the equipment placed by the US in the new $ 1 billion military assistance package announced by President Joe Biden on Thursday. Pentagon previously stated that weapons delivery took several weeks to arrive at the front lines of Ukraine.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy first asked missiles from West Mitra in March, a few weeks after the Russian invasion on February 24. The report emerged in mid-May that the White House was seriously considering the request, and Denmark-sekuutu NATO-Diconfir confirmed shortly after that there was no. will send Harpoon to Ukraine.
Analysts considered Denmark shipping as a gamechanger at the time.
Biden has faced criticism in the last few days because giving Ukraine is only enough to prevent Russia and is not enough to win direct battlefield. The government has stated that it still intends to support Ukraine while not provoking Russia into a wider war in Europe.
