The Ukrainian war is also being played in the waters of the Black Sea. On Friday, June 17, the Ukrainian army announced on Twitter that it had destroyed a small Russian tow truck. Wait for Vasily Bekhwas hit by two anti-ship missiles.
The auxiliary building was “Ammunition, weapons and personnel to Snake IslandOff the coast of Odessa, which the Russians controlled from the very first day of the invasion, on February 24, clarified the account of the Ukrainian navy, noting in particular the existence of one of the Russian short-range air defense systems. The most modern frame – Tor-M2KM.
The woman published a video, which presents the moment of the shipwreck, shot by a Turkish-made Bayrakhtar TB2 drone. If the images seem credible, at this stage they can not be confirmed by a source other than the Ukrainian authorities. Since the beginning of the conflict, the latter have repeatedly stated by mistake that they have sunk Russian buildings, particularly the patrol ship. Vasily Bikov or the frigate Admiral Makarov. However, in both cases no support video was released.
Ukrainian but also American missiles
«that: Moscow will not be left alone“, Mocked the Ukrainian army on Twitter. Reference to the destruction of the Russian flag-bearing ship on April 14, again, probably with two Ukrainian missiles. If this new devastation is confirmed, it will obviously not have the same scope as that Wait for Vasily Bekh being a simple small tow truck weighing 1600 tons, it was put into operation in 2017.
However, this will show the Ukrainian anti-ship missiles threatening Russia. In this regard, the woman has her own missiles – “Neptune” launched in 2019, but also the American “Harpoon” missiles, the delivery of which by a European country was made official by Washington in early June. At this stage, there is no indication whether the tractor hit one or the other.
These weapons, which have a maximum range of 300 km, cover a large part of the northern Black Sea. In particular, they threaten the Russian presence on the island of Snakes, which is only 17 hectares, but is strategically located about fifty kilometers off the coast of Ukraine, southwest of the major port of Odessa.
For several weeks now, Moscow has been stepping up its defenses there, particularly in terms of air warfare, following an unsuccessful airborne attempt by the Ukrainian army to retake the island in mid-May. However, the Russian logistics flows to the island, which are maintained by the Russian support fleet, are particularly vulnerable, which indicates the partial or complete destruction of five high-speed boats. Raptors: և small landing craft Sernan from the beginning of May. loss Wait for Vasily Bekh will confirm again.
Source: Le Figaro
