![]() ![]() Two more Ropuchas were damaged by prior Ukrainian attacks, the Olenegorsky Gornyak by a Ukrainian kamikaze drone boat, and another damaged by a Tochka-class ballistic missile. While the Ropuchas were not employed for a risky amphibious landing near Odesa as speculated pre-war due to the intensity of Ukrainian resistance, they have played their part logistically supporting to Russian bases in Crimea and invading southern Ukraine. As Turkey can forbid reinforcements from transiting the Bosporous Strait, that number is unlikely to increase. ![]() Russia began the war with 15 or 16 Ropuchas-class large landing ships, six or seven of which were in the Black Sea when hostilities commenced.
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