Ukraine has sunk or disabled a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea, Dmytro Pletenchuk, Kyiv’s navy spokesman, said.
Mr Pletenchuk’s comments came after Ukraine on Saturday “destroyed” the Kostiantyn Olshansky, a Russian landing ship, that was resting in port in Sevastopol. The ship was part of the Ukrainian navy before Russia captured it while annexing the Black Sea peninsula in 2014.
Kyiv previously announced that two other landing ships of the same type, the Azov and the Yamal, were also damaged in Saturday’s Neptune missile strike, along with the Ivan Khurs intelligence ship.
Mr Pletenchuk pledged that Ukraine will continue the strikes that have forced Moscow to retreat to the eastern Black Sea, stating: “Our ultimate goal is complete absence of military ships of the so-called Russian Federation in the Azov and Black Sea regions.”