/1. Feodosia, Crimea. Strike in the port area. Sounds of explosions and presumably air defence activity is reported.
/2. Approximate location of the strike
(45.0282338, 35.3913121)
/3. It seems that the silhouette of the ship can be traced in the photo. It is possible that it was the target.
/4. Video from Feodosia. Some explosions or secondary detonations can be heard on the background
/5. Russian media - “Residents began reporting about the first “explosions” and bangs on social networks at about 02:50, after which a fire and bangs started in the port area - they lasted more than 30 minutes. Rescue workers were sent to the scene. About 20 minutes ago, a powerful explosion occurred in the port area.
There are no official comments from the authorities at the moment.”
/6. Feodosia, strike on a port area. Editional footage.
/7. Feodosia resident reaction on the explosion
/8. Russian media - “Explosions continue in the area of the port of Feodosia.
In a conversation with local residents who live near the fire site said that one of the explosions was so powerful that the windows in their apartment were broken. Now rescue vehicles continue to go to the port area.”
/9. “A fire continues in the port of Feodosia, residents see smoke. The most powerful explosion, which was heard by the entire city, occurred around 03:30 (on video), before and after there were smaller ones. At the moment, the area has been cordoned off and the fire has been localized. There is no information about casualties at this time.”
/10. The port of Feodosia yesterday.
/11. According to the Commander of the Air Force of Ukraine, Russian landing ship Novocherkassk was destroyed in Feodosia during tonight’s attack.
Novocherkassk:
• In February 1998, the BDK was included in the forces of the 30th Division of Surface Ships of the Black Sea Fleet;
• Displacement 2,812 tons;
• Length 112.5 m;
• Width 15.01 m;
• Capacity 500 tons of cargo;
• Crew 87.
/12. Funny story by Russian Ministry of Defense: “The landing ship "Novocherkassk" was DAMAGED during a night attack on Feodosia. While repelling the attack, two Ukrainian Su-24s that launched missiles were destroyed.”
The head of Crimea Aksenov also said that two people were wounded in the attack and one died. Six buildings were damaged, six people were evacuated to temporary accommodation centers.”
/13. The first photo of what was previously Russian large landing ship Novocherkassk after the strike on the Feodosia port.
/14. More detailed photo of the Novocherkassk
/15. For better visual understanding
/16. Pieces of the Novocherkassk scattered all over Feodosia port area.
/17. Fragment of the Novocherkassk shown in post number 16 has traveled approximately 650 meters from the initialship location (45.022502, 35.390366)
/18. Editional material regarding Feodosia night attack.
1) Damage to the Feodosia railway station due to a shockwave.
2) Piece of Novocherkassk found somewhere in Feodosia.
3) Shockwave filmed by surveillance camera.
4) A lot of broken windows in the city area close to the port.
/19. Point of view on the Feodosia night attack by a source that quite often publishes insider information regarding Russian military. I advise to take it not at face value, but as a data point for drawing up an overall picture of the events:
«Today, December 26, 2023, a missile strike was carried out on the large landing ship “Novocherkassk” of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy, stationed in the port of Feodosia, Crimea.
The attack on the Novocherkassk landing ship was carried out at 02:53 using two British-French Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles. As a result of the impact, a massive fire began on board the ship, which led to the detonation of the cargo.
The large landing craft "Novocherkassk" arrived in Feodosia from Novorossiysk. The ship was on a mission to transport ammunition. According to available information, there were 4,400 artillery shells on board, as well as 280 Grad MLRS missiles. I cannot confirm the information about the presence of the “Shahed-131/136” attack UAVs on board (as many TG channels previously wrote about).
Also, at the time of impact, there were 62 crew members on board. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the death of one serviceman. I do not have exact information about the dead/wounded, however, it is known that the evacuation of personnel from the ship was completed an hour and a half after the missile strike (due to a strong fire on board), which gives reason to believe that the figures announced by the Russian Defense Ministry are somewhat underestimated.
In addition, due to the detonation of ammunition, the rescue tug "Captain Guryev", located at the neighboring pier, received non-critical damage.
Let me remind you that the port of Feodosia is under the protection of several S-400 “Triumph” divisions of the 31st Air Defense Division of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which recently discovered problems with identifying targets. This time the S-400 missed two cruise missiles.»
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/20. “The first satellite images from the service have appeared. They show that in addition to Novocherkassk, another ship partially sank as a result of the strike (in the video - in the yellow rectangle). For comparison, a photo from December 24 was used.” - Radio Svoboda
Planet.com
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/21. The second ship that sank was the old T-43 class training ship "UTS-150"
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/22. Novocherkassk, Damaged
/23. Local residents continue to share footage of fragments of Novocherkassk they found in the city
/24. Satellite imagery summarizing strike on Feodosia port
/25. Some damage to the cranes can be also noticed in the Feodosia port.
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/26. Some more pieces of Novocherkassk on the streets of Feodosia.
P.S: I think there is more Novocherkassk laying on the streets than what is left in the port
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