* Ukraine attacked Russia's Crimea seaport.
* Large Russian landing warship, capable of carrying both soldiers and tanks was damaged.
* Ukraine brags with the use of Air landed cruise missiles.
Ukraine struck a large Russian landing warship in Crimea with cruise missiles in overnight attack last week that claimed a life and this was done as way of hindering the capture of more Ukranian territory along the black sea coast. The Russian defense ministry had said Ukraine used air launched cruise missiles to attack the Crimea port of Feodosia and the Novocherkask large landing ship had been damaged. Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu had briefed President Putin about the attack the Kremlin had said. Russia had annexed Crimea in 2014 a move that Kyiv and the west saw as an illegal seizure.
The Russian Novocherkask was greatly damaged and could be hard for the ship to re-enter service but was largely capable of carrying of carrying troops and armoured vehicles and would as well be used for landing troops ashore. Kyiv didn't specify which exact missiles were used but had earlier on hinted that Britain and France had supplied her with such missiles. Russia in advance said that it is going to seize more territory along the Black sea coast with Putin claiming later last month that Odessa, the headquarters of the Ukranian navy was itself a Russian city.
Although the Ukranian counter offensive has little gain in the way of battle field gains and the Russian military has regained most of the land in several places, Ukraine has been able to launch a series of attacks on Crimea, the headquarters of Russia's Black sea fleet inflicting serious damage. The previous attacks have targeted ships in dry docks, warships in the main Sebastopol, airfields, and the main black sea fleet headquarter building. The bridge that connects Crimea to southern Russia also was not spared. Throughout the war, Russia has used its fleet to impede Ukraine's access to the Black Sea, the main export route for agriculture and steel products which formed a significant chunk of the country's economy.
