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​Nighttime Attack Near Novorossiysk Port: Kamikaze Drones Sink russian Project 775 Landing Ship and Damage Anti-Sabotage Vessel (Video)

The Project 775 Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship / screenshot from video
The Project 775 Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship / screenshot from video

The latest kamikaze boat attack turned out to be very successful, apart from the russian large landing ship of project 775, the P-349 Suvorovets anti-sabotage ship could also have been affected

On the night of August 4, unmanned kamikaze boats carried out another attack on russian objects, targeting the port of Novorossiysk or facilities nearby it. The attack, captured in videos circulating on social media, indicates that the drones may have successfully struck another russian vessel.

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Update note: the video was displayed incorrectly, so it was replaced with the same footage published by another source

The footage reveals a significant impact on a large Project 775 landing ship, strongly suggesting that it fell victim to one or multiple kamikaze drones. The vessel is now visibly leaning to the left and requires assistance from a tugboat for towing.

According to Andrey Kravchenko, the mayor of Novorossiysk, the crews of the ships Olenegorsky Gornyak and Suvorovets acted swiftly and effectively in response to the attack.

The P-349 Suvorovets anti-sabotage ship Defense Express Nighttime Attack Near Novorossiysk Port: Kamikaze Drones Sink russian Project 775 Landing Ship and Damage Anti-Sabotage Vessel (Video)
The P-349 Suvorovets anti-sabotage ship / open source

As a result of the nighttime attack, at least one large landing ship, the Olenegorskiy Gorniak, confirmed as sunk, and its further fate is currently highly uncertain.

At the same time, the fate of the P-349 Suvorovets anti-sabotage ship remains unknown for now. However, considering that the kamikaze drones managed to sink an entire landing ship, it is not ruled out that the vessel might have also been destroyed.

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