Satellite images of the Russian reconnaissance ship “Ivan Khurs” damage appeared
OSINT experts published satellite photos of the Ivan Khurs reconnaissance ship for March 23 and 24. The photo shows that the ship was damaged.
OSINT specialists compared satellite photos of the ship from March 23 and 24. A photo from March 24 shows damage to the rear of the vessel.
On the night of March 24, the Defense Forces launched a missile attack on two Russian large landing ships in occupied Sevastopol, the Yamal and Azov. The ship Konstantin Olshansky was also hit by a Neptune cruise missile.
The defeat of the ship “Ivan Khurs”
Earlier, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy, confirmed during a telethon that the Defense Forces had hit the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
As for the Ivan Khurs, we can confirm that reconnaissance equipment in the stern of the ship was damaged. In fact, it is not combat-ready and cannot perform its intended tasks.
Dmytro Pletenchuk
spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy
The Ivan Khurs ship is designed to provide communications and fleet management, conduct radio reconnaissance and electronic warfare, and monitor components of the US missile defense system. Yoo was launched in 2018.
It is worth noting that this ship was already attacked on May 24, 2023 by three naval drones. The Russian Defense Ministry said that all three were destroyed. According to their version, the ship was not damaged.
The next day, a recording from one of the drones was published, showing that one of the drones reached the left side of the ship’s stern, but it was not clear whether there was a hit.
