Ukraine Hit the Admiral Makarov

Now, this is another critical update. While we were all sure that the Makarov was likely hit, Ukraine clarified what they hit. It was a landing craft. This is still a large enough vessel to affect Russian capabilities in the Black Sea.

The Ukrainian military says it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea near Snake Island, declaring that a missile launched from a Bayraktar drone struck a Russian landing craft.

“In the waters of the Black Sea, an enemy landing craft of the type Serna was destroyed,” military spokesman Serhiy Bratschuk said on his Telegram channel on May 7.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said an armed Bayraktar drone also destroyed a missile defense system on Snake Island, a small islet under Russian control.

The ministry posted what it says was a video of the ship sinking on its Twitter account.

Important update, just after I published this, Russian Media is starting to slow-walk an admission to damage. They did the same with the Moskva. So with no further adieu, here is the screencap.

We have visual confirmation of a fire on the Admiral Makarov, a Russian Navy Ship in…