Smoke over Berdyansky. Ukrainians destroyed three Russian ships, including a large landing craft – HNonline.sk

The Ukrainian army announced this morning that it had destroyed the Russian landing ship Orsk at the port of Berdyansk in the Sea of ​​Azov. The details of what caused the explosion and the fire on board the ship are not clear. In addition to the ship, two other boats were damaged, the BBC reported. At the same time, the Ukrainian Navy published photos and videos capturing the fire and heavy smoke in the port. The Ukrainian Truth portal later wrote that the fire had spread to other vessels, an ammunition depot of Russian forces and a fuel tank. Moscow has not yet commented on this information, Reuters reported. Russian invasion forces took control of Berdyansk on February 27, the first days of the Russian invasion. Berdyansk !!!
I’m looking for a good buyer! ??? “The causes of the explosion are not clear.” on Facebook. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maljar said on Ukrainian television that the army had hit a “huge target” that could carry 20 tanks, 45 armored vehicles and 400 soldiers. It is not clear what specifically caused the explosion and the fire on board the ship, the BBC station said. However, she recalled that journalist Murad Gazdiev, working for Russia’s state television RT, reported that the Russian air defense had intercepted all Ukrainian missiles aimed at the port of Berdyansk. The BBC’s Russian-language website noted that this information could not yet be confirmed by independent sources. Video of the Black Sea Fleet’s Orsk Project 1171 large landing ship offloading BTR-82A vehicles in Berdyansk. https://t.co/G2RaJM1DaL pic.twitter.com/S21wCfcIbO – Rob Lee (@ RALee85) March 21, 2022 The station also writes that many photos and videos appeared on social networks in the morning, showing the explosions and fire in Berdy port. Some images show a warship shrouded in black smoke. At the beginning of the week, according to the army television Zvezda, the Russian armed forces announced that the landing support ship Orsk had anchored in Berdysk and landed armored vehicles that Moscow would use in its offensive. According to the report, the Orsk was the first Russian warship to sail to Berdyansk, which is about 80 km west of the besieged city of Mariupol, Reuters reported. During the monthly invasion of Ukraine, Russia occupied most of the Ukrainian coast along the Sea of ​​Azov, with the exception of Mariupol, the agency added. Moscow claims that Berdyansk uses its troops as a base to transport equipment. This port is of great strategic importance to the Russians, as it lies between besieged Mariupol and Crimea. The conquest of Berdyansk and Melitopol is part of Russia’s efforts to build a land bridge from the Crimea to the Russian border and to create a road to Zaporozhye, the BBC writes.