BBC: Putin is humiliating himself
Satellite footage has emerged showing a Russian military ship that has sunk near Zmiinyi (Snake) Island, which was seized by Russia at the start of the war and has become a battleground of strategic value for Russia to gain control of the Black Sea.
Images released by Maxar Technologies show the aftermath of what it said were probable missile attacks on a Russian Serna-class landing craft near the island.
It also showed recent damage to buildings on the island, which became famous for the foul-mouthed defiance of its Ukrainian defenders early in the invasion.
Russia's flagship Moskva sailed to Snake Island within hours of the start of the war, telling Ukrainian soldiers on the island to give themselves up. But although the island was seized, weeks later, the Moskva was sunk.
On Thursday, a Russian Navy logistics vessel, Vsevolod Bobrov, caught fire after it was damaged by Ukrainian military in the Black Sea near Snake Island, spokesman of the Odesa regional military administration Serhiy Bratchuk said.
ridge at the Siversky Donets River More on reports that Russian forces failed in an attempt to make a river crossing in eastern Ukraine - losing almost an entire battalion tactical group in the process.
It is a scene of absolute devastation - an attempt to flank Ukrainian defences gone disastrously wrong.
The burned-out shells of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles line the east bank of the Siversky Donets river.
Half-built pontoon bridges jut into the water.
It’s thought almost an entire battalion of vehicles was lost - it’s not known how many men were killed.
In its morning briefing, the UK's Ministry of Defence says what happened shows the increasing pressure on Russian commanders.
But, they are making progress elsewhere, it seems – with reports they have taken the nearby town of Rubizhne. That would mean the strategically important city of Severodonetsk is surrounded on three sides.
If Russian forces can take that they would control a number of crossings over the river, which has recently cost them so dear.
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