Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] At night, the Black Sea Fleet lost the large landing ship "Caesar Kunikov". If they coped with the air attack (6 drones were shot down in the Crimea region), then they again couldn’t cope with the sea drones. The enemy has already posted a confirming video.
The enemy scored hits on the large landing craft operating off the coast of Crimea, after which it tilted and went on board. In the morning, a rescue operation was carried out in the area of the impact.
As usual, target designation for the strikes was provided by the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. Current measures to combat maritime drones in the Black Sea clearly appear insufficient.
Also, so far nothing can please us with domestic unmanned marine developments, which were announced back in 2022.
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Budanov on the sinking of the large landing ship Caesar Kunikov
Kirill Budanov added that the enemy ship was sunk by five drones
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate noted that the enemy ship, traveling from Novorossiysk to Sevastopol, was destroyed by Magura V5 drones.
The Russian large landing ship (LHD) Caesar Kunikov, destroyed by Ukrainian fighters on Wednesday, February 14, was heading from Novorossiysk to Sevastopol. This was stated by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, in a commentary to ICTV.
He noted that the ship's crew was 90 people. The exact figure of how many Russians managed to escape will be announced later. The search and rescue operation is currently ongoing.
“The ship was carrying cargo from the city of Novorossiysk to the city of Sevastopol. The ship was loaded and during the transition it was destroyed by drones. Five, if you are interested. Magura V5 drones,” noted the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
Let us remind you that not far from the coast of Crimea, explosions were heard and smoke was visible in the sea. According to eyewitnesses, the cause of the explosions was a fire on one of the Russian ships.
Subsequently, the media stated that as a result of strikes by GUR drones, the large landing ship Tsezar Kunikov sank.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that the Russian ship was hit, and the Main Intelligence Directorate released a video of the drone attack on Caesar Kunikov.
In addition, the Main Intelligence Directorate posted a confirming video: only an “oily stain” remained from the Russian large landing ship Caesar Kunikov.