US Harpoon missiles destroyed a heavily-armed Russian vessel in the Black Sea, say Ukraine’s military
- It is the first time Ukraine has announced it has destroyed a Russian vessel with Western-supplied weapons.
- A statement from the Ukrainian military says the Harpoons used were given to Ukraine by the US.
Ukrainian military officials have said they struck the Russian Navy’s Vasiliy Bekh tugboat in the Black Sea using two Harpoon missiles supplied by the US.
The action marks the first time Ukraine has announced it has destroyed a Russian vessel with Western-supplied armaments.
On Friday, the attack was announced on Ukraine’s Armed Forces Strategic Communications Directorate’s Telegram channel. It published a video purporting to show the anti-ship missile blowing up the vessel. Insider could not independently verify the footage.
The head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Maxim Marchenko, said, “This morning, our naval forces struck the Black Sea Fleet support vessel Vasily Bekh, with the TOR anti-aircraft missile system on board. Later it became known that he sank.”
The Vasily Bekh was also transporting ammunition, weapons and personnel for the Black Sea Fleet to Snake Island, claimed the Ukrainian military.
A later message said the Harpoon anti-ship missiles, manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security, were supplied to Ukraine as part of a multi-billion dollar aid package championed by President Joe Biden.
On June 15, the US Department of Defense said it would also supply truck-mounted Harpoons to bolster Ukraine’s coastal defenses.
As well as the US missiles, Ukraine has developed domestic sea warfare armaments and used them to devastating effect. In April, Ukrainian forces sank the Russian warship Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, with at least one of its home-built Neptune missiles.
The Ukrainian military claims to have destroyed 1376 Russian tanks, 3376 armored combat vehicles, and 14 ships or vessels since the Russian invasion began on February 24, it said on the official government communications Telegram channel.
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GUNS N GEAR
Krainelandia “Says” alot.
It reminds me off a drunken teenage school girl.
All I am sure of is, The Russians are Stacking Dead Kraines like Damn Cord Wood for the Apocalypse.
I’d like to see a report on the effectiveness of there Thermite Rain.
Mmm mmm mmm bad juju.
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The law of unintended consequences is going to soon catch up with our lunatics, I can’t see Russia tolerating this much longer. The counter strikes are going to be notable. Hopefully we don’t become innocent bystanders, but it will surely tip us into a national emergency where our lunatics will further seize our remaining liberties. The collapse is in full motion now. The best defense is a good defense – keeping focused on the 5Gs: God, Guns, Gold, Gardens and Getaway.
Did comrade commissar Elon Musk supply the satellite coordinates?
Will there be any weapons left to leave behind in the 404?
Zelensky should talk to the Taliban about more weapons.
The US is running ISR flights over the Black Sea, so they really could get the coordinates from that. Or Elon. Whomever. Who cares? What difference does it make to us? We just get to sit and spin.
My money is on the “Ghosts IN the Machine” will spin the Ruskies retaliation as a way to bring in the new digital currency.
Laterally world war three. NATO is running ISR flights in the Black Sea so Ukraine can hit targets. Ukraine is receiving a massive amount of weapons and gear directly from the US. I have little doubt that US special operations personnel are on the ground in Ukraine. Many nations are now directly or indirectly involved in this, at the financial or intelligence collection levels at least.
What other requirements do we need before we refer to this conflict as WW3? Maybe we need more countries to have boots on the ground. I don’t know.