Russian frigate Admiral Essen and the project 1239 hovercraft were hit during the raid of USF Birds on the port of Novorossiysk and the oil storage facility “Grushovaya Balka” – the largest oil storage facility in the Caucasus with 1.2 million tons of oil products. 23.05.2026

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Lots of good hits ! 👌 👍 💥 💥

It’s especially satisfying to see Russian ships being hit because their navy is such an expensive mess and because it’s ostensibly one of the reasons they started the war in 2014.

Like this frigate, it was hit a couple months ago. It’s apparently not fit for combat so it’s been in port for repairs. Now it gets hit again, so probably more repairs needed, rinse and repeat. One of the main reasons Russia invaded Crimea in 2014 was to keep the Russian navy’s base in Sevastopol, a base that Russia is now unable to freely operate from as Ukraine has successfully denied operational freedom to the Russian fleet.