Ukraine charts success in New Year strikes against Russian forces

The Su-24M Fencer-D tactical bomber fleet of the Ukrainian Air Force (UkrAF) has carried out yet another successful strike, using the UK/French-supplied Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs) against high-value targets in Russian-occupied Crimea on December 26. This time, their target was the Novocherkassk, a Ropucha-class large landing ship of the Russian Navy docked in the port of Feodosia. It was struck by the ALCMs at approximately 0230hrs local time – the initial fire was soon followed by a powerful