Maybe filming your naval ships unloading cargo with an exact location wasn't such a good idea, Russia.
https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1506866472420880384
Also, it's not like the port is very big. 
Looks like a Ropucha class running for their lives.
Definite ordinance cooking off at Berdyansk port.
https://twitter.com/aldin_ww/status/1506870285751967745?s=20&t=ZYOkvyuBd8DNqUzmsjvxgg
This was the scene at the port of Berdyansk 24-48 hours prior: the Russian Pr. 1171 (Alligator) LST "Orsk" unloading cargo at the docks.
Alligators are some of the oldest landing ships in the Russian Navy.
Alligators are some of the oldest landing ships in the Russian Navy.
https://twitter.com/FaithReporters/status/1506189505358925826?s=20&t=ZYOkvyuBd8DNqUzmsjvxgg
Best angle I've seen thus far.
That's a ship with a large bow, just like the one on the "Orsk".
That's a ship with a large bow, just like the one on the "Orsk".
https://twitter.com/OsintTv/status/1506876135623307268?s=20&t=ZYOkvyuBd8DNqUzmsjvxgg
Hope @YorukIsik doesn't mind me using his wonderful head-on pic of an Alligator LST for educational purposes...
Compare silhouettes to what looks to have sunk alongside the pier in Berdyansk.
My money is on an Alligator LST.
Compare silhouettes to what looks to have sunk alongside the pier in Berdyansk.
My money is on an Alligator LST.
@YorukIsik Note: there is thick black smoke elsewhere further behind (left of) the Alligator LST.
The oil tanks look intact. Perhaps something else burning at Berdyansk.
The oil tanks look intact. Perhaps something else burning at Berdyansk.
https://twitter.com/Capt_Navy/status/1506887231759273986?s=20&t=vt4VZUMUL31mz_miHNssCA
@YorukIsik Final answer: LST Orsk is no more.
#Berdyansk
#Berdyansk
https://twitter.com/no_itsmyturn/status/1506888282201894916?s=20&t=vt4VZUMUL31mz_miHNssCA
But wait... maybe more?
https://twitter.com/GrangerE04117/status/1506891565482266624?s=20&t=vt4VZUMUL31mz_miHNssCA
Oh my. A shipboard fire on an LST full of ordinance, fuel, God knows what. They had better get that under control.
https://twitter.com/GrangerE04117/status/1506893380118528003?s=20&t=vt4VZUMUL31mz_miHNssCA
Regardless of what your affiliation or perspective may be on this war, I hope you understand what able seamanship this was to get this ship moving and out of harm's way while the ship behind it was being gutted.
And there were casualties.
And there were casualties.
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