Ukrainian forces have achieved significant military successes against Russian forces in recent operations. Notably, they destroyed a Russian warship, the Caesar Kunikov, off the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea. This operation was carried out using naval drones, specifically five Magura V5 drones, which inflicted critical damage on the ship, leading to its sinking. This marks a significant loss for Russia's Black Sea Fleet, reducing its number of serviceable ships from 13 to 5. Additionally, Ukrainian forces have been active on various fronts, destroying Russian tanks, artillery systems, and other military equipment. In one day alone, Ukraine claims to have killed over 1,000 Russian soldiers, destroyed 19 artillery systems, and sunk another large Russian landing ship. These operations underscore Ukraine's strategic use of drones and precision strikes in countering Russian military capabilities.
A Ukrainian 🇺🇦 HIMARS strike destroying two Russian Grad MLRS systems on the Kreminna Front https://t.co/bhYSa2XLEK
Ukraine has claimed it has dealt Moscow another blow with the sinking of another Russian military vessel in the Black Sea. > https://t.co/R2oYSYtM8q https://t.co/FnYBhidreU
💥 @ZelenskyyUa on destruction of Russian landing ship: it brings more security to Black Sea – video https://t.co/kBKNhYYuQZ
US-supplied M2A2 Bradley IFV in Ukrainian service with the 47th Mechanized brigade, fighting in Avdiivka last month. https://t.co/7retulgQq6
Ukrainian artillery hit and destroyed 4 armoured vehicles of Russian forces north west of Khromove. https://t.co/1tjbpiLVMx
REMOTE CONTROL KILL: Five of Ukraine's MAGURA V5 naval strike drones targeted and sank the Russian amphibious ship Caesar Kunikov off Yalta. Here's the fast, stealthy and deadly MAGURA V-5 at a glance. @Maks_NAFO_FELLA posts strike video below. https://t.co/93RA4v45T8 https://t.co/07FOPrHxsX
🇺🇦Ukrainian tank of the 31st Mechanized Brigade tows a 🇺🇸US-supplied M2A2 «Bradley» IFV that was damaged during heavy battles near Avdiivka, Donetsk Region. Hope it will be restored quickly and will return to action. The main thing is that it saved the crew https://t.co/A9KNGA1fzd
"Russian large landing ship Caesar Kunikov was hit by 5 Magura V5 naval drones and it was carrying cargo from Novorossiysk to Sevastopol," Head of the GUR Kyrylo Budanov said. https://t.co/6aPIsrdC78
Ukraine claims another kill in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet https://t.co/vMQ2tmygVk https://t.co/vMQ2tmygVk
🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦 Combined AFU attack on Crimea 🔻 This morning's strike on the large landing ship Caesar Kunikov was not the only attack by the enemy off the coast of Crimea. The attack on the large landing ship was preceded first by a comprehensive reconnaissance by NATO forces and then… https://t.co/uCAyWpcfU8
Ukraine destroys Russian landing ship in Black Sea; NATO's Stoltenberg says Kyiv aid 'not charity' https://t.co/BzpjrASAsc
DEEP SIX: @StevenHorrobin has analyzed still frames from the sinking of the RU landing ship Caesar Kunikov. Struck port-side amidships, damage to the machine spaces is evident. Fire then spreads to the well deck; down by the stern, Caesar Kunikov lists to port and founders. https://t.co/ZZgXs5bAHF
October 2021: Russian amphibious ships Tsezar Kunikov, Saratov, and Novocherkassk conducting landing operation training in Crimea. They were going to land troops in Odesa in early 2022. The last of these warships was finished off by Ukraine today. https://t.co/QDEPqwIKcm
BBC Verify has been analysing a Ukrainian military video that claims to show the moment the Russian Caesar Kunikov landing ship was hit by Ukrainian drones off the coast of occupied Crimea. Here’s what we can say so far. https://t.co/WWdEvsrjPV
Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian forces from the 14th Mechanized Brigade hit a Russian 2S19 MSTA-S 152mm SPH, causing an immediate catastrophic ammunition detonation. https://t.co/4gfe9UrXR8
So… some reports of Ukraine sinking another Russian landing ship. Putin be like: https://t.co/2zsL28nhp8
So… some reports of Ukraine sinking another Russian landing ship. https://t.co/JLn3Ne1OLT
Telegram channel "Russian engineer" about the successful Ukrainian attack on the "Caesar Kunikov": Regarding the dock landing ship (LSD). The video of the strike on the ship has already been posted on Western social media, so there is no point in pretending that it does not…
Ukraine says it has sunk another warship, disabling a third of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet https://t.co/OXoUifSmRm
Russian radio communications confirm the destruction of the #CesarKunikov assault #ship, with Ukrainian #intelligence intercepting transmissions detailing visual inspections of the sunken vessel. https://t.co/N6sUtLMw5O
The Russian Navy is a joke. Ukrainian military says it sank a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea https://t.co/wKAfw0ie76
Ukraine’s 14th Mechanized drones take out two Russian 152 mm 2S19 Msta-S howitzers. Bliss. https://t.co/WEgu3uxrXU
Ukrainian artillery hit and destroyed in counter battery fire a large self propelled artillery system of Russian forces as a result of the strike 2 Msta-B systems were destroyed. https://t.co/RKlscTPGhG
Ukrainian BMP-2 of the 1st Mechanized Battalion engages Russian targets from a distance. https://t.co/UiC4iaMfE6
Ukraine just sank the Caesar Kunikov, part of Russia's Black Sea fleet. The Caesar Kunikov was used to transport weapons to the Assad regime to slaughter Syrian civilians. A piece of justice is served — thank you Ukraine! https://t.co/6vevOolXfr
Work of the 1st mechanized battalion of the 30rd mechanized brigade. A BMP-2 rushes to Russian positions which get shot up from a distance. https://t.co/7gaKrqeM5C
Boom, and there is nothing left. Ukrainian FPV-drone pilots destroyed two russian 2S19 Msta-S howitzers. 📹: 14th Mechanized Brigade https://t.co/v2iFTv3xtb
Last night, Ukraine's armed forces sunk Caesar Kunikov, a Russian landing ship. When I was in the elementary school back in the USSR, everybody would know this name, Caesar Kunikov. Kunikov was a mayor who commanded a small landing party that secured Malaya Zemlya, a beach-head… https://t.co/DmeT9MGYpq
The 3rd mechanized batallion of the Presidential Brigade "Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi" destroyed a Russian tank with several FPV hits. https://t.co/UgUSawtOxz
Inside a Ukrainian Bradley M2A2 ODS, firing at Russian positions in Avdiivka both using the 25-mm M242 Bushmaster cannon and BGM-71 TOW missiles. https://t.co/kmtS2EdMYO
HUR says it’s destroyed the large Russian landing ship "Caesar Kunikov" of the Black Sea Fleet. “The successful mission was carried out by special forces of Group 13 of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.” The ship could “accommodate 87 crew members.” https://t.co/74bnHCNIaa https://t.co/cf6XhYuA0e
#NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg hails as a “great achievement” #Ukraine's recent gains in the Black Sea, after Kyiv said it destroyed another of #Russia's warships in the key battleground. https://t.co/6hf9XGRDyi
Another Russian ship sunk. Poor JD & Tommy are going to be distraught. Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov sunk off Crimea, says Ukraine https://t.co/xT20kRngWW https://t.co/Slj67nbvps
Russian strikes kill three in Donetsk, officials say; Ukraine destroys Russian landing ship in Black Sea - CNBC https://t.co/UkuwsPZ6KE
Ukrainian Armed Forces Report Sinking of Russian Amphibious Ship off Crimea Coast https://t.co/WhLUgtK3Sn
🏴☠️ Sinking of Ceasar Kunikov leaves Russian Black Sea Fleet with only 5 serviceable ships, down from 13 https://t.co/F7kzCOy70q
Near Alupka, off the coast of Russian-occupied #Crimea, south #Ukraine, the Ukrainian USV strike hit and sunk large landing ship Tsezar Kunnikov of #Russia's Black Sea Fleet: 1/2 https://t.co/ViT2ce3GzP
Ukraine continues to destroy the Russian navy’s fleet. Without a navy of their own…
🔥B0000000M🔥 TWO 🇷🇺Russian 152mm self-propelled artillery systems 2S19 «Msta-S» were destroyed by 🇺🇦Ukrainian 14th Mechanised Brigade in Kupyansk direction. https://t.co/VErTILRGSs
This video released by Ukraine's military intelligence appears to show the attack on a Russian warship off the coast of Crimea. https://t.co/CDtqwWUTcj https://t.co/e8sTJTN5Gd
Russian Black Sea Fleet just lost its third landing ship https://t.co/AciMylLI7V https://t.co/uHwgDEOe4h
Ukrainian Magura v5 USVs successfully destroyed the Russian Ropucha class 'Caesar Kunikov' (pennant 158) last night. This was one of the vessels that suffered damage in port when the Saratov was destroyed in Berdiansk in 2022. https://t.co/8sEQ8b9eQK
POV: You found out that Ukraine destroyed another russian ship. https://t.co/FAPuz56OlD
Ukrainian naval drones have destroyed Russia’s “Tsezar Kunikov” large amphibious vessel, carrying up to 90 military personnel and a cargo of ammunition (drones?) close to Anapa, Crimea. The vessel was named after a Soviet officer who fought in Crimea in 1943, KIA on Feb14 1943. https://t.co/fTvDYEOZrK
Ukrainians sink another valuable Russian warship Is this a technological watershed or is the Russian Navy just bad https://t.co/ETqVZF8daf
Looks like Russia has now lost 3,000 tanks since its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, equivalent to its pre-war usable inventory. Now we learn that the Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov was sunk by Ukraine in the Black Sea this morning.
Ukraine’s military says it destroyed a Russian warship off the south coast of Crimea, the latest in a string of operations targeting Kremlin navy vessels https://t.co/n6Prls2rC5
Veni, vidi, vici. @DI_Ukraine released video of the successful strike on the russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov. https://t.co/RPcpDi0Dck
Russian warships have no business in the Black Sea off Ukraine's Crimea. Russian warship Caesar Kunikow found out the hard way this morning, self-combusting with help from a Ukrainian drone :) Excellent work @DI_Ukraine https://t.co/MjdJDQHhOl
Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov, sunk by Ukraine, was also a warship of symbolic importance for Türkiye. The ship's crew posed with MANPADS on deck as it passed through the Bosphorus in December 2015. The incident took place after Türkiye shot down Russian Su-24 jet. https://t.co/g5YUuL17sJ
Russia loses 1060 troops, 66 artillery systems, 78 vehicles in one day—Kyiv https://t.co/IBcHYOKP61 https://t.co/3Ju8dypHnI
Happy Valentine's Day! The Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with @DI_Ukraine, destroyed the Caesar Kunikov large landing ship. https://t.co/5LEizZbR99
Ukraine sunk another Russian ship in the Black Sea this morning, I'm sure we'll see Russian propagandists quickly insist it doesn't matter though and that it's a waste of resources. I'm sure sea drones will change the outcome in Avdiivka. https://t.co/WMRUfgr1pn
Video from Ukraine’s 14th Mechanized Brigade of FPV strikes on two Russian Msta-S howitzers, causing a catastrophic explosion. https://t.co/8wIeemFTng https://t.co/0kEDHRKW52
Video shows Russian warship on fire as Kyiv touts latest Black Sea trophy https://t.co/2Y9nCcEpK9 https://t.co/I6G2SsCM5n
⚡️🔥The GUR released footage from a naval drone attack on Russian Project 775 Ropucha-I-class large landing ship Ceasar Kunikov near the shores of occupied Crimea. Magura V5 naval drones inflicted critical damage on the left side of the ship after which it began to sink. Fun… https://t.co/VnuvHZ5PJw
Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea naval fleet was reported to have suffered a fresh blow with a large Russian landing ship being destroyed by Ukrainian drones https://t.co/rWMX3vdlc4
Putin Black Sea fleet 'suffers fresh blow with a large Russian landing ship hit' by Ukrainian sea drones https://t.co/JdBJzxYojT
GUR destroyed big landing ship “Caesar Kunikov” with naval drone. 💪🏻🇺🇦 Black Sea fleet has no business in our waters https://t.co/GSX2SlGmuT
⚡️The Main Intelligence Directorate (#HUR) has published a video of the destruction of the #CaesarKunikov landing ship. https://t.co/6lWwm6gvJx
Tsezar Kunikov is a legendary ship, a compulsory feature at Navy Day parades in Sevastopol. The attack comes on the day the Soviet commander it’s named after was killed by the nazis. https://t.co/m5mfJOVjIP
Footage claiming to show explosions on Russian Navy's Ropucha-I-class large landing ship Caesar Kunikov after Ukrainian attack. https://t.co/szIMsFzauB https://t.co/4lXyolS7rv
Ukraine 'sinks another Putin warship off Crimea': Russia 'stages sea rescue operation' https://t.co/Jg5t9kvCg6 https://t.co/B5o3rRw8ly
Appears Ukrainian forces have successfully targeted with sea drones yet another Russian military vessel off the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea. https://t.co/LXNy8Ww8sP
Ukrainska Pravda’s sources in GUR claim the Russian Tsesar Kunikov Project 775 landing ship was sunk by drones. A Russian channel claims the crew is alive. https://t.co/3ZCh0DR4Mf https://t.co/jLuYTVjjoq https://t.co/dGHAZ7XEXp https://t.co/0j0rIbGNk1 https://t.co/LNtuyoTi5W https://t.co/bp9jIW5MZm
***BREAKING*** Unconfirmed: #Ukrainian GUR maritime drones (USV) (likely Magura) attacked #Russian Ropucha landing ship Caesar Kunikov in (Цезар Куніков) near Crimea. Reportedly ship sunk. Awaiting more info. https://t.co/kFEwddltht
Reports of 🇷🇺 large landing ship “Tsesar Kunikov” attacked & damaged near Crimea. By a strange coincidence, the Soviet soldier after whom the ship is named, also died on Feb 14. #StandWithUkraine https://t.co/1FMsbf0YXi
⚡️🇺🇦Ukrainian naval kamikaze drones attacked the 🇷🇺Russian Large Landing Ship Caesar Kuznikov in the Seivstopol area https://t.co/5cNP6Uvh24
‼️BREAKING‼️ 🔥| 🇺🇦Ukraine has sunk another large landing ship of the 🇷🇺Russian Black Sea Fleet near the Crimea. 😍|| You can see that the ship's ammunition is exploding. It can be seen that to save the "drowning" approached another ship. Also seen nearby is a submarine. https://t.co/qgwytPiV9P
View from the turret of an anti-drone technical in Ukrainian service, sporting four KPV 14.5mm heavy machine guns and a thermal sight. https://t.co/1PC03RqQm4
Russia Refits Old Tanks after Losing 3,000 in Ukraine https://t.co/IAGVYZ6dcm
The moment a Ukrainian Mi-8 was ambushed and shot down near Rabotino https://t.co/8FJvotBUnJ
Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian forces from the 4th Tank Brigade hits a Russian ammunition dump with indirect fire. The Russian ammunition dump immediately suffers a catastrophic detonation. https://t.co/Sg7SCpevuL
Ukrainian mobile anti-drone crew in the northern part of the country, sporting a spotlight system and a technical armed with an M2 Browning .50 HMG. https://t.co/izWsXkhI1K
Ukrainian mobile anti drone crew in the northern part of the country, armed with a spotlight system and a technical armed with an M2 Browning .50 HMG. https://t.co/74rbhRBRGN
Ukrainian soldiers using a US-supplied MaxxPro MRAP to fire on Russian troops near the coke plant in Avdiivka Via @Osinttechnical https://t.co/bsnNSaS9VP
Avdiivka, a US-supplied MaxxPro MRAP in Ukrainian service with the 3rd Assault Brigade moves south of the coke plant, with the turret gunner engaging a Russian-held wooded area with a M2 .50 HMG. https://t.co/9HrL3fQklo
Ukrainian long range artillery hit and destroyed in the past day 12x concentrations of troops, 2x command post, 3x locations of air defence systems, 4x artillery systems, 2x ammunition depots and 1x electronic warfare system of Russian forces.
Ukrainian forces repelled a large mechanised assault south west of Robotyne destroying significant amounts of equipment of Russian forces.
Footage of Ukrainian helicopter being shot down with Russian MANPADS. Earlier reports claimed it was hit by ATGM. https://t.co/W6QrqfMnDb https://t.co/skIrKqbFs0
🇷🇺🇺🇦‼️🚨Ukrainian MI-8 was downed in the Zaporozhye region, the crew had no chance. Russian units claim to have hit it with an ATGM, what would be a tricky shot. https://t.co/MNLoXwSKVi
There are reports that a Ukrainian military helicopter (most likely Mil Mi-8 or Mil Mi-24) was shot down by the Russians near Robotyne on the Zaporizhzhia front. According to available information, there are no KIA among the crew, only wounded. Russian channels claimed that… https://t.co/SNVLu9foBH
Russian sources claim Ukrainian Mi-8/24 helicopter was destroyed with an ATGM strike in Zaporizhzhia direction. https://t.co/LzHWeotx6h
Putin army has lost more than 3,000 tanks in his Ukraine war, say UK defence experts https://t.co/8o78eB9d81
Russian Black Sea Fleet forced to change tack after Ukraine destroyed ship https://t.co/yTnO3kAjVD https://t.co/SEbQStxixU
💀 Ukrainian forces kill over 1,000 Russian soldiers and destroy 19 artillery systems over past 24 hours https://t.co/SIGdss30RR
🔥| Fierce destruction of the 🇷🇺Russian ammunition/equipment by 🇺🇦Ukrainian soldiers of the 30th Mechanised Brigade in Bakhmut direction. https://t.co/U3nFJMD1Y2