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For context, the Serna-class landing craft are only around 105 tons, they’re not major warships by any means. This isn’t one of the larger Alligator- or Ropucha-class landing ships like the missile strike on Saratov or more recently on the cruiser Moskva, this is more the equivalent of the recent Bayraktar strikes on those two Raptor-class patrol boats. These ships sinking will only really be a big deal when the Black Sea Fleet starts losing significant enough amounts of them that it affects their operations, on their own they’re not horribly impressive or important.
What is of some relevance, though, is that this one was allegedly carrying a Tor SAM system to replace the one on Snake Island that the Bayraktars have previously destroyed; which probably allowed the Air Force to bomb the island with Su-27s today. Normally Moskva would be providing air protection for Snake Island… but unfortunately for the Russians, she’s no longer above sea level so they’ll have to rely on SAMs.
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