Ukraine Delivers a Massive Psychological Blow by Sinking Russia’s $300 Million Submarine
Stunning Details of Yesterday’s Attack on Crimea Continue to Trickle In
When I started collecting information about Ukraine’s multi-pronged attack on Russian assets in Crimea and inside Russia, which happened last night, I had to take a pause. There was simply too much information streaming at me from multiple directions. It was chaos. That is exactly how I felt. This was one of the reasons why I decided to cover Ukraine’s attack on the Morozovsk airfield and wait it out on the rest.
If someone covering the war feels the chaos, imagine the impact Ukraine’s attack would have had on the Russian army.
Ukraine knocked out an S-400 battery stationed near the Russian naval base in Sevastopol and also sank Russia’s Kilo-class submarine Rostov-on-Don, worth $300 million. The extent of the damage to the S-400 battery remains unclear, but four launchers were hit.
If four launchers were hit, the odds are pretty good that several other systems in the vicinity were also knocked out. Depending on its size, the S-400 system could easily push the total cost closer to a billion dollars.
Money calculations aside, these are high-value systems that Russia can lose but…
