"Admiral Makarov" hit?

"Admiral Makarov" hit?

They state that the frigate was also hit by the Neptune rocket and the cruiser "Moscow", Slobodna Dalmacija writes.

The information is not supported by evidence, and OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) states that it will examine everything related to these speculations in detail and inform the public.

It is the "Admiral Grigorovich" class frigate.

Looking forward to hearing more…

Unsubstantiated reports that the Russian Navy frigate Admiral Makarov - Адмирал Макаров may have been hit and sunk by a Neptune missile.

Will be looking into this and will keep you updated with any news/confirmation. The sinking of "Moscow" warship, together with the earlier destruction of the landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet "Saratov" after the obvious shooting with a Ukrainian ballistic missile, frightened the commanders of the fleet, so they dragged the warships from the shore. When warships set sail from Crimea, they are usually kept about 100 miles off the Ukrainian coast out of range of the Neptune missile.

But the same distance prevents the frigate from really doing its job, protecting other Black Sea Fleet vessels from air and missile attacks. Keeping them at a safe distance meant that the frigates were not in a position to help when the Ukrainian navy sank two assault boats off Snake Island last week. Admiral Makarov was launched in 2017 and is the most modern ship in its class.

All three Russian frigates of the "Admiral Grigorovich" class belong to the Black Sea Fleet. They are armed with 24 medium-range surface-to-air missiles and eight "Caliber" cruise missiles. These cruisers that can serve as an escort for other vessels, but also attack targets at sea and on land - are not large ships like the sunken "Moscow". Each has about 200 crew members.

"On Thursday there were rumors they’d landed a blow with a Neptune and the frigate was on fire. There was no immediate evidence to back up the rumors", said David Axe, a Forbes analyst.

"We did not give the location of 'Moscow' to the Ukrainians"

While leading world media such as the New York Times, NBC, CNN, based on several military and intelligence sources, claimed that U.S. intelligence played a key role in locating the sunken pride of the Russian fleet, Admiral Cruiser "Moscow", the Pentagon denies giving the Ukrainians that information. Moreover, they state that they were not aware of the intentions of Volodymyr Zelensky's army to sink "Moscow".

The media reported that the American official, who wished to remain anonymous because he is not authorized for public communication, confirmed to the journalists that Ukraine itself decided to shoot and sink the leading ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet with its own anti-ship missiles Neptune, given the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian coast from the sea, he added, since the United States provided them with "intelligence" that includes the locations of those ships.

"We were not aware that Ukraine was planning to rocket Moscow until they carried out the operation," he said, but few were convinced. The fact is that the Biden administration shares intelligence abundantly, so some in the United States are wondering whether they have "crossed the red line" when it comes to U.S. support for the Ukrainian army.

A CNN source from the U.S. Department of Defense said that the "red line" has not been crossed and that there are clear limits as to which intelligence they are ready to share with Ukraine, and which they will keep to themselves, Slobodna Dalmacija writes.