A Twitter user dubbed “Capt_Navy” who is a retired Russian Navy officer and lives in Sevastopol was the first to share the video of the (possibly) damaged ship while being towed. The ship was identified as Project 775/Ropucha I-class large landing ship Olenegorskiy Gornyak (SDK-91).
The claimed damage on the port side of the ship seemed significant which caused the ship to roll more than 40-50 degrees to the port side. Still, there was no smoke on the ship indicating an explosion. Here is a short footage and some photos of the damaged Russian ship accompanied by the rescue vessels/tugs.
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