Ukrainian troops have shared a video of a destroyed Russian boat off Snake Island

Irina Balachuk – Saturday, May 7, 2022, 12:35 p.m.

Ukrainian troops have destroyed a Russian landing ship, the Serna, near Zmiiny [Snake] An island in the Black Sea.

Source: Pivden [South] Operational Command on Facebook; Sergei Bratchuk, spokesman for the Odessa Regional Military Administration, in the Telegram; Natalia Humeniuk, head of the Joint Press Center of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, in a comment to Ukrainian Justice

Quote from Pivden: “Zmiinyi is not just another place for exciting drama, which breaks records in quantity and scale [of damage inflicted on Russian troops]!!

It was one of the landmarks at the beginning of this invasion and has become a symbol of our steadfastness and our ability to defeat the enemy’s most stubborn efforts. “

Details: Pivden Operational Command shared footage of the destruction of a boat with military personnel off the coast of Snake Island.

According to Bratchuk, this is the landing boat “Serna”.

Ukrainian Pravda tried to confirm this information and find out exactly when the Russian boat was destroyed. However, the Pivden Operational Command said that these details could not be disclosed at the moment.

The press center of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine also could not answer questions from “Ukrainian Justice”.

Quote from Natalia Humeniuk: “We are currently at war and we will report details when we can. The information currently being shared is that which can be made available to the general population without potentially harming the armed forces of Ukraine and Ukraine itself. Please be patient: everything will be clarified in due course. “

Background:

• On the evening of April 13, Ukrainian anti-ship missiles “Neptune” hit “Moscow”, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Shortly afterwards, the flagship and the 16 cruise missiles on board sank.

• On May 1, the Pivden Operational Command announced that three Russian anti-aircraft systems, the Strela-10 missile system, and a communications system (a server room containing telecommunications equipment) had been destroyed.