A close-up view of the Serna-class landing ship identified by Maxar, and the missile trajectory seen in satellite imagery on May 12. Photo: Retrieved from MAXAR
According to a report by CNN today (13), new satellite images from Maxar Technologies show that a missile attack occurred yesterday (12) near Snake Island in southern Ukraine, “in the Black Sea. Two plumes of smoke can be seen near a Russian Serna-class landing ship that appears to have made a sharp turn where the missile hit the water.”
CNN reported that, near Snake Island, a barge with heavy cranes was seen approaching another sunken ship, which “Maxar identified as a Russian Serna-class landing ship.” The report continued that it was not clear what the ship was. How to sink. But on the 8th, Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesman for the Odessa Regional Military Administration, said that in addition to the two Raptor-class patrol boats, one landing craft was hit. Blachuk went on to claim that the Ukrainian military destroyed a Russian helicopter on the island. According to a video released by the Ukrainian Armed Forces Southern Combat Command, a helicopter was destroyed by a missile on the 8th.
In addition, the report mentions that in recent weeks, the Ukrainians have repeatedly and successfully destroyed Russian troops and vehicles on the island. Blachuk said on the 12th that a Russian support ship “Vsevolod Bobrov” caught fire and was towed from the Snake Island area to the port city of Sevastopol on the southwest coast of the Crimean peninsula. However, the support ship was not seen in the satellite imagery, a claim that has yet to be confirmed by CNN. So far, Russia has not confirmed the loss of any of the aforementioned ships.
New satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies shows a missile attack yesterday (12) near Snake Island in southern Ukraine, “near a Russian Serna-class landing ship in the Black Sea, it can be seen Two plumes of smoke, and the boat appears to be making a sharp turn where the missile hit the water.”
On May 12, near Snake Island in the Black Sea, Maxar identified a thick smoke coming from the vicinity of the Russian Serna-class landing ship. Photo: Retrieved from MAXAR
On May 12, a Serna-class landing ship and another wreck were seen near Snake Island. Photo: Retrieved from MAXAR
Satellite imagery shows damaged helicopters at Snake Island on May 12. Photo: Retrieved from MAXAR