New aerial images from Maxar show a Russian landing ship destroyed by Ukrainian forces on March 24. The Pentagon has claimed that the Russian military used the ship to bring supplies to besieged Mariupol. The Ukrainian army confirmed on Thursday that it had destroyed the warship.
New satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies show an amphibious Russian landing ship burning and flooding in the Ukrainian port of Berdyansk in southern Ukraine on Friday. The Russian ship is an Alligator-class landing craft that was hit by Ukrainian forces on March 24. The Pentagon announced Friday that the ship was unloading supplies for Russian troops currently besieging the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to the New York Times. “The wrecked ship in Berdyansk could carry up to 20 tanks, 45 armored personnel carriers and 400 paratroopers,” Anna Mayyar, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister, told the Times on Thursday. “This is a huge target hit by our army.” The first photo shows fire and smoke blowing from the ship, which is partially submerged. Satellite imagery taken on March 25 shows a Russian amphibious warship burning in the port of Berdyansk after being hit by Ukrainian forces in battle 24. Satellite image © 2022 Maxar Technologies In the second photo, the biggest advantage also shows a flammable storage tank with white smoke coming out of it in the port. Satellite images taken March 25 show a Russian amphibious warship burning (down) in the port of Berdyansk after being hit by Ukrainian forces in Race 24. Top left, a storage unit is also burning in the port. Satellite Image © 2022 Maxar Technologies On February 24, Russia launched a military offensive in neighboring Ukraine. Heavy fighting has been raging since early March in Mariupol, a strategic city that would link Russian-controlled Crimea to Russian-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine. Russian forces bombed a theater where more than a thousand Ukrainians were seeking refuge in the city, killing 300 people, according to local officials. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are still trapped with little access to food and water. Read the original article in Business Insider
