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Strike on Novocherkassk ship: Сonscripts reportedly among deceased

Strike on Novocherkassk ship: Сonscripts reportedly among deceased The conscripts were killed as a result of the strike on the Novocherkassk (Photo: Russian media)
Author: Daria Shekina

As a result of the strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the large landing ship Novocherkassk in the occupied Feodosia, conscripts might have been killed, according to ASTRA.

The news agency states that at the time of the attack on the ships, there were young conscripts as well as contract soldiers.

One of the sailors who served on the Novocherkassk spoke about the conscripts who died.

ASTRA also writes that mourning posts about the deceased Russian soldiers are appearing on social media

Photo: Posts about the deceased Russians (t.me/astrapress)

Destruction of the Novocherkassk in Feodosia

It was previously reported that on the night of December 26, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed the Novocherkassk large landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the occupied Feodosia in Crimea.

According to the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Mykola Oleshchuk, this large landing ship of the enemy was hit by cruise missiles.

Later that same day, satellite images appeared after the strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the port of Feodosia. As seen in the frames from the Planet.com service, besides the large landing ship Novocherkassk, another vessel, an old training ship UTS-150, partially sank.

According to media reports, nearly 80 sailors were on board the large landing ship Novocherkassk of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at the time of yesterday's night missile strike on the bay in the temporarily occupied Feodosia in Crimea.