Ukrainian forces strike Russian Tsiklon corvette in Crimea – Ukraine's General Staff

Ukraine’s General Staff has confirmed that Tsiklon, a Russian missile boat, was struck in the Russian-occupied city of Sevastopol, Crimea, on the night of 18-19 May.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 16:47 on 21 May

Quote: "New information we obtained indicates that Ukraine’s Defence Forces struck the Russian Project 22800 corvette Tsiklon on the night of 18-19 May."

Previously: Information about the Russian Tsiklon ship, the carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, having been struck started circulating online this week.

Captain 3rd Rank Dmytro Pletenchuk, the head of the Centre for Strategic Communications of the Defence Forces of the South of Ukraine, said that if the information that the Russian Tskilon missile carrier has been struck in Crimea is correct, Russian forces will no longer be able to launch Kalibr missiles from a short range.

For reference: Russian open sources indicate that Tsiklon (Cyclone) is a Project 22800 corvette (code name Karakurt). The ship was handed over to the Russian Navy in July 2023.

The ship’s technical specifications are as follows: displacement of 800 tonnes, length of 65 metres, width of 10 metres, draft of 4 metres. The ship’s maximum speed is 30 knots. Its range is 2,500 miles (at a speed of 12 knots). It can function autonomously for up to 15 days.

Tsiklon was armed with the Oniks and Kalibr-NK vertical missile launchers, an upgraded 76.2 mm AK-176MA gun, and the Palash anti-aircraft gun.

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