Ukraine takes out huge Russian ship with cruise missles

 Breitbart:

Russia acknowledges a missile attack on warship Novocherkassk, which Ukraine claims to have destroyed in a cruise missile strike in the early hours of Boxing Day.

Ukraine appears to have come out of Christmas Day determined to make an impact, as they claim to have destroyed another Russian warship, this time with an air-launched cruise missile strike. Russia acknowledged the attack on the Ropucha-class Novocherkassk, a 1980s-vintage landing ship similar in size to the U.S.-made Freedom-class warship, saying that one person had been killed in the strike.

Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk of the Ukrainian Air Force thanks his pilots for the “fine work” and noted in a statement that the Russian fleet “is getting smaller and smaller”. Ukrainian Pravda reports remarks of the spokesman for the Ukrainian armed forces Yurii Ihnat, who gave more detail on the strike, saying fighter jets launched a barrage of Anglo-French Storm Shadow / SCALP cruise missiles at the target, hoping at least one of the group would evade Russian air defences.
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Ukraine appears to be hitting the sips while they are docked.  Ukraine is apparently overwhelming the Russian missile defense network in these attacks. Ukraine has apparently damaged four Russian ships in recent attacks.  The link has more details on the attacks.

See also:

How Ukrainian special forces secured a critical Dnipro River crossing in southern Ukraine

And:

 A Russian officer surrendered and sold out his comrades, helping Ukraine's special forces cross a key river

And:

 Russia's war in Ukraine has drained it of labor — it lacks nearly 5 million workers this year, report says

And:

 Half of the Russian amphibious assault capacity destroyed, says Commander of the Ukrainian Navy

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