74 sailors were killed and 27 wounded on destroyed Novocherkassk ship

Activists from the Cyber Resistance movement have obtained a letter verifying that 74 Russian sailors were killed and 27 wounded on the Novocherkassk, the Russian landing ship that Ukrainian forces destroyed on 26 December.

Source: National Resistance Center with reference to the intercepted letter

Details: In the letter, Nikolai Yevmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, proposes that mourning should be declared in the city of Novocherkassk in connection with the deaths of 74 Russians.

Photo: National Resistance Center

The letter was intercepted thanks to access to the mailbox of Ksenia Goncharova (Shachina), a propagandist from the NASHI ("Ours") TV show on the Russia 1 channel.

Background: 

• Explosions rocked Feodosiia in occupied Crimea at around 03:00 on 26 December. It was reported that a vessel thought to be carrying Iranian-made ammunition had been blown up and a fire had broken out in the port.
• Lieutenant-General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force, confirmed that Ukrainian defenders had blown up the large Russian landing ship Novocherkassk in occupied Feodosiia.
• It was later revealed that the Novocherkassk had been destroyed by cruise missiles launched from tactical aircraft belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force.
• Russian media reported that at least 19 Russian sailors were injured and 33 missing after the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the landing ship.

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