/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.”
/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.»
/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 t.me/radiosvoboda/5…
/25. Some damage to the cranes can be also noticed in the Feodosia port. t.me/Crimeanwind/50…
/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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🪡🧵/1. Footage shows the NEMESIS unit of the @usf_army “bombarding” NATO armored columns during drills in Estonia.
NEMESIS, a Ukrainian unit that participated in major NATO exercises in Estonia, helped simulate a drone-dominated battlefield for the Alliance.
Below is a thread with NEMESIS drone operators insights and the experience they gained during the drills.
/2. The military exercise Hedgehog-2025 took place in Estonia in May last year.
More than 16,000 service members from 12 NATO member states, as well as Ukraine, participated in the drills — including operators from the 412th Nemesis Brigade.
/3. Under one of the exercise scenarios, a large NATO battlegroup numbering several thousand troops conducted an offensive operation.
Playing the role of the opposing force was a Ukrainian UAV unit — bomber drone crews from the 412th NEMESIS Brigade, along with several FPV drone teams from the 427th Rarog Brigade and the International Legion of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR).
/1. (WSJ) - NATO conducted large-scale military exercises in Estonia, the Hedgehog 2025 drills, bringing together more than 16,000 troops from 12 member states, with Ukrainian drone operators serving as a simulated adversary.
The exercise laid bare a sobering conclusion: Alliance is not ready for a battlefield where drones dominate the sky and make every move visible and vulnerable.
/2. The exercises goal was to recreated a battlefield packed with threats and constant drone activity, pushing units to operate under pressure and testing how well they could adapt in real time.
From the outset, things did not go as smoothly. In one scenario, a NATO battle group of several thousand troops, including a British brigade and an Estonian division, advanced as if the battlefield had not fundamentally changed, effectively ignoring the drone threat as though it did not exist.
“The NATO battle group simply moved around without camouflage, setting up tents and armored vehicles. Everything was destroyed,” said one participant who acted as the opposing force.
/3. A single Ukrainian team of about 10 personnel acting as the simulated enemy managed within half a day to replicate the destruction of 17 armored vehicles and carry out 30 additional strikes on other targets.
According to Aivar Hanniotti, who commanded the roughly 100-strong opposing unit, more than 30 drones were operating in an area of less than 10 square kilometers — only about half the drone density currently seen along Ukraine’s front line.
“There was no possibility to hide. We quite easily found cars and mechanized units, and we were able to take them out quite fast with strike drones,”
(1/8) In Sweden, nuns from the St. Elisabeth Convent, originally based in Belarus, embedded in 20 churches, worked for Russian intelligence and raised funds for the Russian army while posing as a charity.
(2/8) This exposure forced the Swedish Church to issue an official warning to other Catholic communities, stating that nuns of the St. Elisabeth Monastery direct their earnings toward supporting Russian nationalism and Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, while maintaining close ties to the GRU.
In Sweden, those nuns became known as the “Z-nuns.”
(3/8) What Z-nuns sold as “souvenirs” in Swedish churches actually served as a funding tool for Russian military units.
Thus proceeds from the sales were channelled directly towards supporting Russia's war effort.
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