Ukrainian drones severely damage Russian frigate Admiral Essen, disabling its Kalibr strike capability
In the port of Novorossiysk, drones from Ukraineβs Security Service (SBU) struck the Russian Navy frigate βAdmiral Essen,β hitting equipment in the shipβs midsection. The attack targeted radars, electronic warfare systems and air-defense components. What happened on board after the strike, and how did it affect the shipβs combat readiness?
A fire burned aboard the βAdmiral Essenβ for 18 hours after the drone attack, SBU sources told the outlet RBC-Ukraine .
The agency believes the ship sustained damage severe enough to prevent it from being used to launch Kalibr cruise missiles at Ukraine.
The SBU said its drones breached Novorossiyskβs multi-layered air-defense system and hit the central superstructure. From now on, the βAdmiral Essenβ will not take part in strikes and will be unable to launch its eight Kalibrs.
βThe Russian frigate βAdmiral Essenβ suffered critical damage and can no longer employ Kalibr missiles,β the outlet wrote.
The Ukrinform agency received additional details from SBU sources. Specifically, they named the systems damaged by the Ukrainian drones:
- passive EW countermeasure - a grenade launcher that fired heat decoys to disperse the radio signal;
- active EW system - the TK-25 complex for detecting radar operation and jamming;
- air-defense system - MR-90 βOrekhβ target-illumination radars;
- part of the air-defense suite - the βFregat-M2Mβ search radar.
The sources did not specify which piece of Kalibr launch equipment was damaged in the March 1β2 attack on Novorossiysk. However, the systems listed above have weakened the βAdmiral Essenβsβ protection against air attacks.
Ukrainian drones severely damage Russian frigate Admiral Essen, disabling its Kalibr strike capability
In the port of Novorossiysk, drones from Ukraineβs Security Service (SBU) struck the Russian Navy frigate βAdmiral Essen,β hitting equipment in the shipβs midsection. The att...
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Democrats consistently message that they are NOT to be trusted.
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Wait, please tell me exactly who our allies are?
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The media always treats the more sensational Trump accusations in the Epstein files with a level of skepticism that would be appropriate for Jimmy Carter, not the guy who bragged about sexual assault on tape, was adjudicated guilty of sexual assault, and is currently overseeing murder dot gov.
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Quote from Washington Times editorial board
"[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."
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The PEACE PRESIDENT is
willing to let young Americans die so not be held accountable for his pedophilia and the fact he knows he cannot win the midterms
Republican Leadership must stop his treasonous actions
Declared war without Congressional Approval
Attacking civilians and children
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Wow. What a tremendously bad take. But, wait, is this an Onion parody, maybe?
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More like past half-century!
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The Atlantic has some right leaning, apologist articles quite often, and this is another one. βPotentialβ my ass. And do not even get me started on their owner.
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When Trump tells the CNN journalist that they're "fake news" at his conference after the Supreme Court ruling on tariffs, why don't they shout back that he's a fake president. What have they got to lose?
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As the world reels from the president's rant and threats of additional tariff chaos, I'd just like to remind the UK that they recently arrested someone who could probably bring down this entire house of cards with very little incentive.
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Dayum. Just heard a minister say, as perhaps only Black ministers can, βWe will fight until hell freezes over, and then we will fight on the ice.β
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It is just that, metaphysically, she could see your soul, and knew you were such a good person you would not try and purchase wine illegally. Nuthin to do with your face.
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I just woke up. Am I to understand that Mr Justice Originalist Thomas is of the belief that expressly committing a specific power to Congress in Article I is not enough to make it a core legislative power because the famously monarchist founders wished to preserve the prerogatives of the king?
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When the cost of justice exceeds the means of the people, one should not be surprised when the people make their own.
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So, the importers get to keep the tariff dollars which the people paid, and they have to be reimbursed by the feds, making oligarchs richer, while pissants like you and I get..nuthin?
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Trump's second term is shaping up to be an all-time disaster purely in terms of *his* policy priorities absolutely collapsing and it will be interesting to see how and when this finally filters into the way it's covered by the media
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They're trying to make observing/filming ICE illegal.
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