Russian landing ship damaged during Defense Forces attack on Novorossiysk port

During the attack by the Ukrainian Defense Forces on the port of Novorossiysk, a large landing ship was damaged.

This was reported by Babel, citing sources in the SBU.

This is a ship of project 1171 “Tapir” (or Alligator according to NATO classification). At the time of the attack, the ship was standing near the berth of a naval base.

Ships of this project are designed for landing marines on an unequipped coast and transferring troops and cargo by sea. They are capable of transporting various types of armored vehicles, including tanks.

Earlier, USM reported that the Ukrainian Navy attacked strategic facilities in the Russian Federation with Neptun cruise missiles.

In particular, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, in close cooperation, successfully struck the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk, as well as the Tuapse oil refinery in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation.

Previously, oil standers (devices for loading/unloading oil into tankers) and a launcher from the S-400 air defense system were hit in Novorossiysk.