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| Ukraine Claims Western-Aided Harpoon Missile Successfully Destroyed Russia's 'Vasily Bekh' Ship |
International Military - Since Russia started its invasion on February 24, 2022, several countries have continued to provide weapons assistance to Ukraine. One of the weapons assistance to Ukraine came from Western countries.
Quoted from jpost.com, weapons sent by Western countries to Ukraine seem to be working well. Recently, the Ukrainian Navy said that it had carried out an attack on the ship Vasily Bekh.
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Vasily Bekh is a Russian Navy ship located in the Black Sea. The Ukrainian military attacked the ship using two Western-supplied Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
In this regard, the Directorate of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informed that anti-ship missiles have been used twice. It is reported that the anti-ship missiles that have been used against Russian ships are the Neptune and the Harpoon.
Quoted from Routers.com, the Directorate said that during a full-scale war in the Black Sea, anti-ship missiles were used twice. The use of anti-ship missiles was successful. "At the same time, the air defenses of the Russian ships are proving to be completely ineffective.
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For information, Vasily Bekh is a ship used to transport ammunition, weapons, and personnel for the Black Sea Fleet to Snake Island. Not only that, it is suspected that the ship was also carrying the TOR M2KM anti-ship surface-to-air missile system.
The Ukrainian military says that the Vasiliy Bekh was built at the Astrakhan shipyard and joined the Black Sea Fleet in 2017. If the attack on Vasiliy Bekh by the Ukrainian military was true, it would certainly be the 14th ship attack.
Not only that, the ship's attack with the Harpoon missile was also the first record of the superiority of Western aid to Ukraine.
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