Ukraine’s military intelligence says it sank a Russian warship off the coast of Crimea overnight into Thursday, landing the latest in a series of blows to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet after mounting a “massive” missile attack on the occupied peninsula hours earlier.

Russia’s guided missile ship, the “Ivanovets,” suffered multiple hits to its hull before it sank overnight in the harbor of Lake Donuzlav, Crimea’s deepest lake, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence said.

Night-time footage supplied by Ukraine showed naval drones racing toward the Russian ship before exploding on impact, causing significant damage to the vessel. At the end of the video, the ship appears to have sunk, with just its bow above water. CNN could not independently verify Ukraine’s claims and it is unclear from the footage which vessel was struck and when.

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      510 months ago

      How did they even get to that island with their respective MASSIVE BITS weighing them down?

      Jesus I can’t imagine what it would have felt like knowing you were definitely going to die very soon after this.

      Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй, indeed!

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        310 months ago

        The insane part about this is in the recording. One guy asks “should we say something?” and it could just as well ended with a different dude saying “naaah”. Instead there was a “ye, just to make sure” and a phrase of resistance was born.