#Ropucha-Class

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Very Good Morning! Several Large Explosions and Fires are raging at the Port in the Crimean City of Feodosia on the Coast of the Black Sea, following Ukrainian Strikes against what is reported to be Russian and Iran Naval Vessels carrying Munitions; the Ukrainian Air Force is claiming to have Sunk the “Novocherkassk” (BDK-46), a Ropucha-Class Amphibious Landing Ship during the Attack.

P.S. While Trump and other idle talkers cool their mouths by engaging in lies and political demagoguery, Ukraine is effectively destroying - the military resources of the criminal regimes of Russia and Iran....The only way to achieve peace is to completely destroy the Russian army, navy and industrial resources throughout the territory of Russia....

[captain-price-unofficially]

Fires are raging at Feodosia in occupied Crimea, following Ukrainian strikes against what is reported to be Russian and Iranian vessels carrying munitions; the Ukrainian Air Force is claiming to have sunk the Novocherkassk (BDK-46), a Ropucha-class amphibious landing ship.

[todays-problematic-ship]

Today's problematic ships are Minsk and Rostov na Donu (B-237)

Minsk and Rostov na Donu (B-237) were a Ropucha-class landing ship and an Improved Kilo-class diesel-electric attack submarine, respectively, of the Russian Navy. Both were used in the Russian war in Ukraine (2022--present). The Rostov-na-Donu was capable of launching Kalibr cruise missiles, which Russia has used on numerous occasions to strike civilian targets in Ukraine.

In early September 2023 both the Minsk and the Rostov na Donu were in dry docks at a naval facility near Sevastopol, Crimea. Around 2 am local time on September 13, the armed forces of Ukraine helped both Russian warships go fuck themselves. A strike was carried out with underwater drones and UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

Satellite and ground photos taken later show catastrophic damage to both the Minsk and the Rostov na Donu. The latter has likely had its pressure hull breached in multiple places. They are the most significant losses taken by the Black Sea Fleet since the April 2022 sinking of its flagship, the Moskva.

In addition, having to repair any damage to the dry docks and remove the wrecks from them will impair the support and maintenance capabilities of the Black Sea Fleet.

[redarmyscreaming]

Russian Navy Project 775II/Ropucha II-class large landing ship Tsesar Kunikov (ex. BDK-64) was reportedly sunk after a successful Ukrainian USVs attack near Crimea on February 14, 2024

[beardedmrbean]

Russia's Baltic Fleet no longer has the ability to launch large-scale amphibious operations, according to a new report.

The findings are based on analysis of recent drills—dubbed Ocean Shield 2023—conducted by the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea, according to a report from Rochan Consulting. The firm specializes in open source intelligence, conflict reporting and analysis, the global defense market, and national security, and currently focuses on monitoring military operations in Ukraine.

Russia's Baltic Fleet began its Ocean Shield 2023 naval exercises in August under the command of Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov.

The Russian Defense Ministry said it involved more than 30 military vessels and boats, 20 support vessels, 30 aircraft, and some 6,000 military personnel.

The exercise took place at the same time as NATO was holding its own Baltic Sea drills.

Rochan Consulting noted that the exercise came at a time when the relationship between Russia and NATO member states was at its lowest. At the same time, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has negatively impacted its armed forces, including the Russian Navy.

"The Baltic Fleet, in particular, has had its capacities degraded," the report said, noting that three of its large landing ships had been deployed to the Black Sea prior to the war, and because of the closure of the Bosphorus Strait to military traffic, they have not been able to return to their home port of Baltiysk.

"Likewise, the Baltic Fleet's 336th Naval Infantry Brigade suffered significant losses in the war, significantly degrading the fleet's capacity for power projection," it said.

The consulting firm assessed that the Ocean Shield 2023 military drills "attempted to showcase to NATO that Russia could still project its power across the Baltic Fleet and damage NATO's potential in the region."

Russia's Defense Ministry said in August that the drills were designed to test "the navy's readiness to protect the national interests of the Russian Federation in an operationally important area" and would involve forces practicing how to "protect sea lanes, transport troops and military cargo, as well as defend the coastline."

But the exercises only confirmed that the Baltic Fleet has lost its ability to conduct a large-scale offensive amphibious operation "due to the involvement of its Ropucha-class landing ships and the 336th Naval Infantry Brigade in the war in Ukraine," the report said.

Newsweek has contacted Russia's Defense Ministry via email for comment.

[gladiopsyop]

Russian officers escort visiting American sailors during a port call by the guided missile cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG-48) and the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD-98. The two ships are visiting the Russian naval base at Severomorsk as part of an ongoing exchange between the navies of the United States and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Two Ropucha class tank landing ships are moored in the background. 01/07/1992

[cyberbenb]

As Ukraine, Russia agree to ceasefire at sea, Moscow's battered Black Sea Fleet is set to get a reprieve

The White House on March 25 announced that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to “eliminate the use of force” in the Black Sea, returning the spotlight to a theater of battle that has been relatively quiet for more than a year.

Throughout 2022 and 2023, Ukrainian strikes against Russian ships, bridges, and even navy headquarters were a regular occurrence, and the neutering of the Black Sea Fleet has often been hailed as one of Ukraine’s greatest military feats during the full-scale war.

Although Ukraine’s coastal cities and ports still regularly come under Russian missile and drone attack, out at sea, Kyiv was able to carve out its own trade route after Russia pulled out of the U.N. and Turkey-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative in July 2023.

The corridor has been a lifeline for Ukraine’s economy by allowing cargo vessels to sail safely by hugging the coastlines of Bulgaria and Romania while guided by the Ukrainian Navy.

The latest ceasefire agreement is missing crucial securities that Ukraine urgently needs, including protecting its ports from Russian attacks as well as opening up the blockaded Mykolaiv port.

After the ceasefire was announced, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said Ukraine would consider it violated if Russia moved its warships outside of the eastern part of the Black Sea, as this would be regarded as a threat to national security.

“In this case, Ukraine will have the full right to exercise the right to self-defense,” Umerov said.

How Ukraine contained Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

After Ukraine reportedly lost all of its remaining surface vessels in the early months of the full-scale war, Russia was widely expected to have a free hand in the Black Sea.

But innovative tools such as Magura and Sea Baby naval drones and domestically made Neptune missiles turned the tide.

Ukraine celebrated its most successful “kill” when the missile cruiser Moskva, the Black Sea Fleet’s flagship, sunk on April 14, 2022, after being struck by two Neptune missiles — marking Russia’s first flagship loss since the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.

Ukraine built on its successes, retaking key positions like the Snake Island off the coast of Odesa and, striking Russian naval facilities and docked vessels in Crimea with Western SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles.

A Ukrainian-made Neptune missile being fired on April 5, 2019. (Presidential Office of Ukraine)

One of the crowning achievements of this campaign was a devastating strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol on March 22, 2023.

Throughout the all-out war, Ukraine claims to have destroyed or disabled around a third of 80 Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels, including the Rostov-on-Don Kilo-class submarine, Ropucha-class landing crafts, missile boats, and more. The General Staff says that 29 Russian vessels have been taken out of action as of February 2025.

“From the initial perception that the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy was the dominant force in the Black Sea and could do whatever it wants, (we came) to a situation where it is really a very limited factor,” Dmitry Gorenburg, a senior research scientist at the Center for Naval Analyses, told the Kyiv Independent.

Russian withdrawal from the Black Sea

To protect its remaining naval assets, in late 2024, Russia began to withdraw its naval forces from occupied Crimea eastward to the Novorossiysk port in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, further away from Ukraine’s reach.

“First, they (Russia) lost the ability… to threaten the coastline with amphibious landings in the first few months of the war. And then, the Russian Navy was gradually pushed farther and farther away from the coastline and eventually lost the ability to blockade the grain shipments,” Gorenburg said.

As Turkey does not allow Russia to send in reinforcements through the Turkish Straits in accordance with the Montreux Convention, Moscow is unable to replenish its losses. After a sustained Ukrainian campaign, it effectively lost its grip over the Black Sea, allowing Ukraine to resume vital trade lanes.

Ships, including those carrying grain from Ukraine and awaiting inspections, are seen anchored off the Istanbul coastline in Istanbul, Turkey on Nov. 2, 2022. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

However, the impact on Russia’s global naval power should not be overestimated. Russian fleets operate independently, and the Black Sea Fleet is considered secondary to the Northern or Pacific ones.

A blow against the Black Sea Fleet will not make Russia lose confidence in its Arctic naval assets, security expert Olga R. Chiriac told the Kyiv Independent.

“They’re very different in nature. The Black Sea fleet is more of a symbol, a prestige thing, versus the Arctic fleet,” Chiriac said.

But there is one region where the Russian Navy felt the sting of the Russia-Ukraine war — the Mediterranean Sea.

Other troubled seas

Turkey’s adherence to the Montreux Convention hurts Russia in two ways. Not only does it prevent any belligerent vessels from entering the Black Sea, but it also prevents them from leaving.

Due to its proximity, the Black Sea Fleet has been the logical resource base for Russian operations in the Mediterranean. Russia’s naval assets in the region are limited, usually around 10-11 ships, including support vessels, says Sidharth Kaushal, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

Nevertheless, the presence allowed Moscow to project its influence in the Middle East and beyond and cast itself as a global power. Russia could better support its regional allies — by shipping arms, soldiers, and ammunition to Syria’s former dictator Bashar al-Assad through the so-called “Syria Express” of Ropucha-class ships, or by launching air strikes against Assad’s enemies.

The squadron has also been used to harass and gather intelligence on a much more powerful NATO presence in the Mediterranean.

After the outbreak of the full-scale war, maintaining and supporting the Mediterranean presence fell to vessels much further away, like those from the Baltic Sea Fleet, Kaushal says.

Russia took another major blow in the region when a lightning rebel offensive in December 2024 overthrew Assad. The new leadership reportedly terminated a lease agreement with Russia on Syria’s vital Tartus port, Moscow’s only foreign naval base, barring those in occupied Ukrainian territories.

Blocked passage through the Turkish Straits and the possible loss of the Tartus base only compound Russia’s existing challenges.

“The Russians recognized they didn’t have the industrial capacity to build… the sort of the larger vessels that were built during the Soviet era, things like the Kirov-class cruiser,” Kaushal said.

Satellite view of Tartus, a port city on the Mediterranean coast of western Syria. Imaged on Nov. 20, 2024. (Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2024)

“And so they invested much more in smaller vessels, frigates, and corvettes, which they armed very heavily with missiles,” the expert added, explaining that these green-water vessels are much more dependent on auxiliary facilities and vessels during long voyages.

Unlike the U.S., which is open to using private contractors to support its maritime operations, Russia constrains itself by relying only on its own infrastructure, according to Gorenburg.

There seem to be only a few alternatives to the Tartus base.

Libya appears to be Russia’s first choice. Moscow seeks to pivot its naval presence to territories controlled by Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar, a warlord whom Moscow supported during the country’s second civil war.

However, Haftar’s forces do not control key ports like Tripoli, meaning that the naval infrastructure Russia used in Tartus would have to be built from scratch, Kaushal points out.

A Russian deal with Sudan to establish a naval base in the war-torn country has also been presented as an alternative to Tartus. Still, the Red Sea base would be geographically distant, separated by the Suez Canal.

“So that combination of factors, having to deploy vessels to the Eastern Mediterranean from further away and potentially losing Tartus, will really strain the Russians' forced posture in the Eastern Mediterranean,” Kaushal concluded.

‘Not what Ukraine needs’ — Black Sea ceasefire favors Russia more than Ukraine, say experts

While the White House celebrates a ceasefire in the Black Sea after a 12-hour meeting in Riyadh, in Ukraine, the enthusiasm is muted. The agreement is missing crucial securities that Ukraine urgently needs, including protecting its ports from Russian attacks as well as opening up the blockaded Myko…

The Kyiv IndependentDominic Culverwell

[ultrajaphunter]

About the hit on RuZZian Occupied Sevastopol Allegedly 34 killed (11 officers) 40 wounded and 3 Su-27 damaged ... Waiting for official announcement.

As I reported yesterday, Defense forces of Ukraine successfully struck large landing ships "Yamal" and "Azov".

Also communication center of the Black See Fleet, and several military objects of the RuZZian Federation in temporarily occupied Sevastopol.

The Governor of Sevastopol,

Razvozhaev, issued a Statement that 5 out of 6 marine ferries were Damaged (broken windows) in the AFU Attack Last Night and that only one is Operational.

He also Mentioned Multiple Buses and Trolleys were Damaged.

I mention this because the Southern Ferry Terminal is next to where archival satellite imagery shows the RuZZians liked to More their Ropuchas (see below images).

It is also very close to where the the Museum of the Black Sea Fleet and the Russian Navy training ship, the three-masted tall ship "Frigate Khersones (Chersones)", is Moored so I am assuming the latter was damaged as well.

Razvozhaev: «Marine transport:

out of six Boats, five had their windows Broken. One Boat is now operating on the main line “Grafskaya Pier - North Side”.

During the day, the windows of the damaged Boats will be replaced,

and as they are restored they will be brought Back online.

Ground transport:

3 passenger Buses,

13 school Buses and

1 trolleyBus and

a social taxi car were damaged -

the windows were also mostly Broken, one Bus had a Broken Bumper and radiator.

Thanks to the fact that we Recently Received new buses, we have a reserve of Passenger Transport, so the Damage did not affect Transportation;

there are no changes for Passengers. Damaged Vehicles will be Restored by specialists.»

Azov, Yamal Sevastopol Breaking News Storm Shadow Cruise Missile Strike Several Hours ago Sank Yamal (156) and Azov (151), both RuZZian Navy Cold War-era Ropucha-Class Large Landing Ships.

The Black Sea Fleet is Circling the Drain. Good Riddance!

After today’s Defeat of the Large Landing Ships Yamal and Azov, at The Moment the Black Sea Fleet has only Three Working Large Landing Ships Left in Crimea

"Orsk"

"Korolev"

“Nikolai Filchenkov.”

[tearsinthemist]

Before and After of the Novocherkassk ropucha-class landing ship.

Russian landing ship Novocherkassk

Ropucha-class landing ship

Novocherkassk was a Ropucha-class landing ship of the Russian Navy and part of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship was built in Poland, and launched in 1987. The ship was attacked twice during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, being damaged in March 2022, and attacked in December 2023 by cruise missiles. Wikipedia

Length: 369′

Launched: April 17, 1987

Draft: 13.98′

Beam: 49′

Builder: Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A.

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Among multiple explosions, a huge fireball rose high above the pier in the Crimean coastal city of Feodosia early Tuesday morning local time. According to Mykola Oleshchuk, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, a strike by his forces destroyed the Ropucha class landing ship Novocherkassk. While we cannot confirm the general's claim, based on open source imagery, a vessel very similar to a Ropucha class ship has been photographed on fire or next to a pier that is on fire(..)

[captain-price-unofficially]

Russian Navy Pacific Fleet Project 775 Ropucha-class large landing ship, still flying the Soviet naval jack, unloads a PT-76 amphibious light tank. 1 July 1992

[voxtrotteur]

Un navire de débarquement amphibie russe, le Ropucha de la classe Olenegorsky Gornyak, a été gravement endommagé lors d'une attaque de drone ukrainien près du port de Novorossiysk sur la mer Noire. Des vidéos et des photos montrent les conséquences de l'attaque, mettant en évidence les dégâts subis par le navire. L'attaque et ses conséquences Des images prises depuis le drone montrent l'approche et l'explosion d'une charge explosive sur le côté bâbord du navire. Le navire a été endommagé et a commencé à prendre l'eau, gîtant à bâbord. Le ministère russe de la Défense prétend avoir repoussé l'attaque, mais les preuves suggèrent le contraire. L'utilisation croissante d'USV L'Ukraine a utilisé de plus en plus des navires de surface sans équipage (USV) chargés d'explosifs dans des attaques le long de la mer Noire. Ces attaques ciblent les navires de la flotte de la mer Noire russe et des infrastructures clés. Le nouveau type de bateau drone L'USV utilisé dans cette attaque semble être un nouveau modèle doté de capteurs optiques à cardan, d'une portée de 800 kilomètres et pouvant transporter une ogive de 300 kilogrammes. Il contourne les limitations de communication satellite en utilisant un autre fournisseur. L'évolution des capacités ukrainiennes Malgré des tentatives passées déjouées par les forces russes, l'Ukraine continue d'investir massivement dans ces armes et a amélioré leurs capacités, ce qui a finalement abouti à des succès dans ces attaques.

[nysanormalna]

 it’s been a while sorry but i was never on tumblr on my laptop!! thank you @ropucha​ for tagging me <3

answer 21 questions and tag 21 people

1) name: Anna

2) nickname: i don’t really have any, i jokingly call myself a hag with friends but they don’t really call me that. i used to go by nyoom on game related servers if that counts

3) gender: a woman but like not particularly attached to pronouns

4) star sign: taurus sun, leo moon, virgo rising!

5) current time: 2am 😇

6) favorite artists: that’s broad but lately i’ve been listening to queen bee (no im not talking abt beyonce) a lot and i’ve been fond of bolesław leśmian and his work ever since we had to read one of his poems in class

7) song stuck in my head: not really any atm, i’ve been listening to many new songs those last 2 days and none really stuck x”)

8) last movie i saw: life is short, walk on girl! it’s 👌 if you like fun animation

9) last thing i googled: Českopolská virtuálka

10) other blogs: technically quite a few but half of them are just results of me thinking about an url change. i reblog 95% of things i like here anyway

11) do i get asks: nope, very rarely; it’s peaceful in my inbox

12) reason for url: i used to world build as my default daydreaming setting and i’m pretty sure it was a name of one of the lands and i just rolled with it since like 2014

13) following: 1337 👀 i only unfollow people if i see their shitty takes on my dash

14) average sleep: if it’s an alarm set kind of day probably 6-7 hours, if it’s a no alarm day then like 9-10

15) lucky number: idk about lucky but i like numbers that come before 10

16) currently wearing: a bathrobe and gym shorts

17) dream job: preferably no job just being the local homesteading weirdo instead. i’d like to keep bees and goats though so perhaps something with that

18) dream trip: azerbaijan!! i watched an episode about their cuisine and now im obssessed

19) favorite food: probably just rice/groats thrown together with fresh produce maybe with some small meat portions added. it’s a good effort/reward ratio for my brain

20) instruments: we were taught the flute basics in school and i was lucky to get my hands on a harp a few times =) i’d like to learn to actually play it but it’s expensive as hell

21) favorite song: thats a tough one but i’d say tusk by fleetwood mac. always makes me shift into a Mood™

so that was fun! as for tagging @smo1cactus​ @dusdadwarf​ @gioeuvre​ @antomec​ @reimoncnq​ @blazenek​ @bubblebubbleberry​ @friendlyneighborhoodevilvillain​ and everyone else who wants to do it that sees this on my blog (pls tag me if you do im curious)

[cyberbenb]

Ukraine confirms striking 2 large Russian landing ships in occupied Crimea

Editor’s Note: This is a developing story. Ukraine struck two Russian Ropucha-class landing ships, “Yamal” and “Azov,” in occupied Crimea in the late hours of March 23, Ukraine’s Armed Forces confirme Source : kyivindependent.com/ukraine-c…