Berdyansk

Video footage of the burning ship, taken soon after the attack, shows that two Ropucha-class landing ships were also damaged. They had been berthed alongside ...

Now that’s why they’re frustrated and frankly, we think that’s of a piece of why they had LSTs dropping off supplies in Berdyansk – to try to reinforce their efforts to take Mariupol,” the official said. “But clearly they could reach parts of the Donbas from the Sea of Azov if they wanted to. The captured port of Berdyansk provides a hard quay for unloading vehicles and supplies using cranes. The struck landing ship appeared to have been carrying substantial quantities of ammunition which likley “No signs that Odesa is under an imminent threat of an amphibious assault, or frankly a ground assault. They could absolutely use some of their surface power – particularly missiles – if they wanted to. The U.S. defense official would not say what Ukraine used to attack the ship, citing operational security for Ukrainian forces. They sailed away fighting their own blazes as the fire on the Alligator raged. The fire also spread to tanks on the pier. The imagery shows that the fire spread to a merchant ship moored in front of it. Video footage of the burning ship, taken soon after the attack, shows that two Ropucha-class landing ships were also damaged. I don’t know how many people were on the ship when it got hit,” the official said.