VIDEO
Some 74 sailors were killed and 27 wounded on Russia’s destroyed Novocherkassk ship
Kanal13
1.59M
12-31-2023 4:30 a.m. EST
1:23 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4fkQZnwrLk
Activists from the Cyber Resistance movement of Ukraine have obtained a letter verifying that 74 Russian sailors were killed and 27 wounded on the Novocherkassk, the Russian landing ship that Ukrainian forces destroyed on 26 December.
Ukranian National Resistance Center said this with reference to the intercepted letter. In the letter, Nikolai Yevmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, proposes that mourning should be declared in the city of Novocherkassk in connection with the deaths of 74 Russians. The letter was intercepted thanks to access to the mailbox of Ksenia Goncharova, a propagandist from the NASHI TV show on the Russia 1 channel.
Novocherkassk had been destroyed by cruise missiles launched from tactical aircraft belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force. Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force said that said that the significant explosion observed on the Russian ship indicates that it was not a “minor detonation of something there” but rather a “detonation of ammunition” because “a large landing ship is used to transport equipment, weapons, and personnel.”
Russian media reported that at least 19 Russian sailors were injured and 33 missing after the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the landing ship.