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| Damage to the BDK 'Olenegorsk Miner' |
| 2023-08-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin See the link for the photos referred to in the story [ColonelCassad] Satellite photos of the Novorossiysk harbor have appeared. "Olenegorsky miner" was brought to the pier, there is no threat of flooding the ship. Work is underway to repair the damage. The sailors had a good fight for the survivability of the ship. In general, we got off relatively lightly, although the Olenegorsky miner will have to spend some time on repairs, as we had last year with the minesweeper Ivan Golubets, which received damage to the stern during an attack by a naval drone. Since last year, "Ivan Golubets" has been performing combat missions. We are waiting for the Olenegorsk Miner to return from repair. Well, and strengthening the protection of ports, of course. The enemy will certainly try to repeat such harassing attacks, which should not be underestimated. Photos taken in the first half of the day, when the BDK, which had taken in water, was taken to the pier, simultaneously pumping out water. There are unconfirmed reports that the alleged attack was carried out by French drones as revenge for the coup in Niger. If this is true (study of the wreckage of the drone will show), then it will somehow be not enough, given that France is losing another country, moreover, the most key one. Today, the French press burst into hysteria about the fact that after negotiations between the military of Niger and the military of Mali, the new authorities of Niger began contacts with the Wagner PMC, whose forces are deployed on the territory of Mali. If this is the case, then this is, frankly, expected - Niger, the most logical location for filming the next series of the "Tourist" franchise. Tourist being a reference to the Russian language action film about Wagner operators in African, Tourist being the call sign of one of the Wagner operators. The film formerly was available online, but since the start of the war in Ukraine, it was taken down. A review of the film can be read here More from Boris Rozhin: Reflection of the attack on Novorossiysk At night, the enemy tried to attack Novorossiysk with naval drones. The drones found the Olenegorsky miner large landing ship and the Suvorovets anti-sabotage boat. Both drones were destroyed by automatic weapons fire. Also at night, the enemy tried to attack the Crimea with a large number of drones. All were launched 13 pieces. 10 were destroyed by air defense forces, another three were suppressed by electronic warfare. PS. There were videos from Novorossiysk. The previous reports about the successful reflection of the attack are frankly not true - one of the drones damaged the Olenegorsky Gornyak large landing ship, which was trimmed on board due to the flooding of one or two compartments. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 No flooding huh? Curious that the ship was visibly sitting lower in the water and the list increasing as it was being towed to dock. The UK Mod also disagrees. BTW, the two sister ships that were damaged in Berdiansk more than a year ago are still not repaired. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-08-05 11:55 |