According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the frigate "Admiral Essen," the large landing ship "Pyotr Morgunov," and the sea minesweeper "Zheleznyakov" have been damaged. Earlier, the Ukrainian Navy reported that the strike on the frigate "Admiral Essen" was carried out by a Neptune cruise missile. This is not the first attack on this ship. A strike on the "Admiral Essen" was also carried out on August 12. At that time, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported damage to other Russian military ships — the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the frigate "Admiral Makarov," the small missile ship of project 21631 "Buyan-M," and the patrol ship "Vasily Bykov."
