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On the night of May 19, 2024, the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit the Russian missile ship “Cyclone” of project 22800 in Sevastopol.

The Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with their comrades, continue to bring our Victory closer.

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A subscriber shared a photo - this is the moment of arrival at the Cyclone RTO in Sevastopol Bay on the night of May 19.

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  • Dremor@lemmy.world
    31·
    6 months ago

    So does it mean that Russia won’t be able to launch missiles from the Black Sea anymore? That may be a godsent to shuffle around air defenses elsewhere.

    • Wilshire@sopuli.xyzOP
      38·
      6 months ago

      Russian bombers can still launch missiles from the Black Sea, but this reduces the number of cruise missiles they can use in an attack by 8.

  • fuckingkangaroos
    14·
    6 months ago

    Beautiful. Always good to see those imperial warships sink, but that fact that this will stop them from launching cruise missiles is incredible.

      • LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
        5·
        6 months ago

        Yeah you absolutely can. And from air. The biggest benefit is probably that this limits the number of angles into Ukraine russia can launch missiles from, which makes air defense easier.

        • fuckingkangaroos
          1·
          6 months ago

          Pretty much. This doesn’t limit the angle since the Kremlin can still launch from a bomber over the Black Sea, but it means they have 6 fewer missiles in an attack. So, air defence will have an easier time taking them out.

      • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Russia is using anti ship missiles to hit land targets. The launchers for those are only on ships. That does not mean, you can not put them on land, but it is going to be some engineering work.

        Maybe more importantly those missiles are a threat to Ukranian shipping.

  • GBU_28English
    12·
    6 months ago

    Wait is that 3 ships in the last weekish?

  • mindlight
    4·
    6 months ago

    If Ukraine ends up significantly decimating the Russian fleet currently in the Black Sea, it exposes the occupied territories for attacks.

    Not that Ukraine is going to take back any land this way but the attack surface is way greater than before and Russia has to either move essential assets far from the coast or they have to move resources from the existing front line to new areas. There is nothing for Russia to gain by diverting resources to the coastal lines since they will either just be able to hold their positions or lose ground. They can never advance.

    Of course it all comes down to what resources Ukraine gets their hands on in the coming months and while all of the above looks promising, the reality is significantly darker.