Ukrainian Navy on explosions in Novorossiysk: Russian Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship will not return home

He shared the information on Espreso TV.

"If the information about the explosions is true, I must say that the Ukrainian Navy has nothing to do with this incident. I also cannot comment on the work of maritime drones, if it was indeed them. I can say that according to the information that has already been confirmed, the Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship was damaged - it is a large Russian landing ship," Pletenchuk said.

The captain also added that during the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia pulled an armada of 6 units into the Black Sea, and the Olenegorsky Gornyak was among them.

"It is assigned to the Northern Fleet. It seems that this ship will not return home. From the video, we can conclude that the damage is quite significant. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, there is confirmation that it has been damaged. We can also confirm that it has been damaged," Pletenchuk emphasized.

Explosions in Novorossiysk

On the morning of Friday, August 4, residents of the Russian city of Novorossiysk reported explosions. The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine had allegedly attacked a naval base in the city with two naval drones.

The governor of the region said that there were no casualties or damage as a result of the attack. It was also noted that the infrastructure of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium was not damaged, oil shipments continued, but ship traffic in the port was temporarily suspended.

Later, information circulated on the Internet that the Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship had been hit. In particular, one of the Russian propagandists reported the information. He claimed that one of the compartments was allegedly flooded, which caused the ship to tip over.