According to RIA Novosti on December 26**, the leader of the Crimean region, Aksyonov, said that the Ukrainian army carried out airstrikes on the Feodosia region of Crimea in the early morning of the same day. The attack led to the blockade of the port and caused a strong ** and a large fire, although the fire was already under control.
It is worth noting whether the Ukrainian army used newly received F-16 fighters to destroy the landing ship "Novocherkassk" of the Russian army in this incident. Although not mentioned in the report, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Nikolai Oreshchuk, claimed that the Ukrainian army destroyed the Russian landing ship "Novocherkassk" in this Crimean attack, adding that this was another large landing ship destroyed after the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet "Moskva".
Although the statement of the commander of the Air Force seems to hint at the actions of the Ukrainian Air Force, it does not clearly state how the Russian army was destroyed.
It is unclear whether it was the F-16 fighter jet or more likely a drone or unmanned boat to carry out the operation, as Ukraine has previously used such technology. Given that the Ukrainian army has just received F-16 fighters, it may not be able to fully exploit its performance for the time being.
However, even if the Ukrainian army succeeds in destroying the landing ship of the Russian army, it is unrealistic whether it can completely reverse the status quo of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. On the one hand, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is mainly concentrated on land, the role of the navy in this conflict is relatively small, and the Russian army has not conducted a landing operation since the outbreak of the conflict. For the Russian military, the role of landing ships in this conflict may not be very important.
On the other hand, the Russian army is currently gradually gaining the initiative in the battle with Ukraine. Since the launch of the ** by Ukraine in June, little progress has been made, while the recent ** of the Russian army has achieved some results. Just in the last two days, they even seized the town of Maryinka in the Donetsk region, which is located 30 kilometers southwest of Donetsk, which has been an important point of contention between Russia and Ukraine, and the two sides have been engaged in a long period of fierce fighting. The capture of the town of Maryinka by the Russian army may mean that they have achieved an advantage over the Ukrainian army in a local area.
Of course, the question of whether the Ukrainian army's destruction of the Russian landing ship will have an impact cannot be ignored, from the two perspectives of Ukraine and Russia: for Ukraine, no matter how the Russian landing ship is destroyed, it will constitute a certain blow to the Russian army and can boost the morale of the Ukrainian army.
And for Russia, the constant destruction of ** weakens the morale of the army and at the same time reduces the number of ** available. Considering Russia's current lack of shipbuilding capacity, and its main resources are concentrated in the production of artillery, tanks and fighters, the Russian army may face a situation where it is difficult to quickly replenish in the short term, and in the long run, this will inevitably have an impact on the overall strength of the Russian army.
Overall, Ukraine's destruction of the Russian landing ship can be regarded as a certain achievement, but it has not had a fundamental impact on the Russian army. And Russia's continuous blows have indeed caused damage to its image, and the key to the future lies in whether the Russian army can turn the situation around on the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.