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{{Short description|Project 775 landing ship}}
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'''''Tsezar Kunikov'' (BDK-64)''' ({{langx|ru|«Цезарь Куников» (БДК-64)}}; [[NATO reporting name]]: [[Ropucha-class landing ship|Ropucha-I]] class), sometimes [[Anglicisation|anglicised]] as '''''Caesar Kunikov''''', was a [[List of ships of Russia by project number|Project 775]], [[Landing Ship, Tank|large landing ship]] of the [[Russian Navy]]. The ship was built in [[Polish People's Republic]], launched in 1986 and named after Soviet Naval Infantry officer [[Tsezar Kunikov]]. As part of the Russian [[Black Sea Fleet]], it took part in the [[Kosovo Force|KFOR]] mission, the [[Russo-Georgian War]], the [[Syrian civil war|Syrian Civil War]], and the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].

On 14 February 2024, the Ukrainian military announced its forces had hit the ship with several [[unmanned surface vehicle]]s (USV) while it was off [[Crimea]], which they say caused it to sink.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last1=Balmforth |first1=Tom |last2=Polityuk |first2=Pavel |date=Feb 14, 2024 |title=Ukraine says it sank Russian large landing warship in Black Sea |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-forces-destroy-large-russian-landing-ship-military-says-2024-02-14/ |website=Reuters |access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref> The sinking of the ship has been confirmed by Russian sources.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last1=Balmforth |first1=Tom |last2=Polityuk |first2=Pavel |date=Feb 14, 2024 |title=Ukraine says it sank Russian large landing warship in Black Sea |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-forces-destroy-large-russian-landing-ship-military-says-2024-02-14/ |website=Reuters |access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=May 2024}}

== Description ==
The ship can house a crew of 87 (89<ref name="BBC"/> according to one source) and had improved defensive armament.<ref name=":1" /> During the Russo-Ukrainian War it was claimed to have been used to transport ammunition.<ref name=":1"/>

== Service history ==
The ship was built at the [[Stocznia Północna]] shipyard in [[Gdańsk]], Poland, and launched on 30 October 1986.<ref name="shipsinfo201210">{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Large landing ships - Project 775 |url=http://russian-ships.info/eng/warships/project_775.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904035706/http://russian-ships.info/eng/warships/project_775.htm |archive-date=4 September 2012 |access-date=18 October 2012 |work=russian-ships.info}}</ref> It is named after [[Tsezar Kunikov]], a Soviet naval infantry officer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-02-14 |title=Ukrainian military says it sank a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-ship-drones-black-sea-8d2a78ab1f1b2a9b04ec8c421782417d |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214171228/https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-ship-drones-black-sea-8d2a78ab1f1b2a9b04ec8c421782417d |url-status=live }}</ref>

She was in service with the [[Black Sea Fleet]]'s 197th Landing Ship Brigade of the 30th Division of Surface Ships, and her home port is [[Sevastopol]]. She has been under the patronage of the city of [[Zelenograd]] (since 1998)<ref>{{cite web |author=Павлютина И. |url=http://old.redstar.ru/2006/02/09_02/2_02.html |title=Штыки на гербе |trans-title=Bayonets on the coat of arms |work=Krasnaya Zvezda |language=Russian |date=February 9, 2006 |access-date=14 February 2024 |archive-date=18 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918055449/http://old.redstar.ru/2006/02/09_02/2_02.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Chelyabinsk Oblast]] (since 2011).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://op74.ru/news/2016/08/09/chelyabinskie-veterany-pobyvali-na-podshefnom-korable-tsezar-kunikov.html |title=Челябинские ветераны побывали на подшефном корабле "Цезарь Куников" |trans-title=Chelyabinsk veterans visited the patronized ship "Tsezar Kunikov" |work=Civic Chamber of the Chelyabinsk Oblast |language=Russian |date=August 9, 2016 |access-date=14 February 2024 |archive-date=12 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812064617/https://op74.ru/news/2016/08/09/chelyabinskie-veterany-pobyvali-na-podshefnom-korable-tsezar-kunikov.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The ship took part in several conflicts on behalf of the Russian Navy. In 1999 she and three other Black Sea Fleet landing ships were used for deployment of the Russian contingent on the [[Kosovo Force|KFOR]] mission in [[Kosovo]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-07-03 |title=Воздушный десант отправится в Косово морем |trans-title=Airborne troops will go to Kosovo by sea |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/221251 |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129063110/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/221251 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ship took part in the Russo-Georgian conflict in 2008.<ref name=":1" /> In 2012 the landing craft was sent to the Russian military base at [[Russian naval facility in Tartus|Tartus, Syria]] with a contingent of marines to protect the base.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Bo |date=2012-06-18 |title=Russian navy 'Sending two ships to protect its citizens in Syria' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-caesar-kunikov-ship/141751730/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |work=Evening Standard |pages=A23 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221051353/https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-caesar-kunikov-ship/141751730/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2015, ''Tsezar Kunikov'' was sent to Syria with a cargo of weapons and ammunition for the [[Syrian Arab Army]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.rambler.ru/world/31532407-rossiya-napravila-v-sredizemnoe-more-korabl-s-oruzhiem-dlya-sirii/ |title=Россия направила в Средиземное море корабль с оружием для Сирии |trans-title=Russia sent a ship with weapons to Syria to the Mediterranean |work=news.rambler.ru |date=5 October 2015 |access-date=22 December 2016 |archive-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223063327/https://news.rambler.ru/world/31532407-rossiya-napravila-v-sredizemnoe-more-korabl-s-oruzhiem-dlya-sirii/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Russo-Ukrainian War ===

====2022====
On 24 March 2022 the [[General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces]] reported that ''Tsezar Kunikov'' and her sister ship ''[[Russian landing ship Novocherkassk|Novocherkassk]]'' had been damaged during an attack that destroyed the {{sclass2|Tapir|landing ship|1}} ''Saratov'' in the port of [[Berdiansk]] during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 March 2022 |title=Ukraine war latest news |pages=block-623d5c878f08118734a72191 |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/25/ukraine-war-latest-news-sanctions-a-little-late-zelenskiy-tells-european-council-biden-to-visit-poland-live?page=with:block-623d5c878f08118734a72191#block-623d5c878f08118734a72191 |access-date=25 March 2022 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325073759/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/25/ukraine-war-latest-news-sanctions-a-little-late-zelenskiy-tells-european-council-biden-to-visit-poland-live?page=with:block-623d5c878f08118734a72191#block-623d5c878f08118734a72191 |url-status=live }}</ref> Video of the incident showed the ''Tsezar Kunikov'' and ''Novocherkassk'' retreating from the port soon after the attack; one of the ships' [[forecastle]]s was on fire,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/video-2-russian-warships-escape-as-ukrainian-missiles-blast-a-docked-ship-2022-3|title=Video shows 2 Russian warships escaping as Ukrainian missiles blast a docked ship|website=[[Business Insider]]|last=Coleman|first=Julie|date=24 March 2022|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-date=13 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413071600/https://www.businessinsider.com/video-2-russian-warships-escape-as-ukrainian-missiles-blast-a-docked-ship-2022-3|url-status=live}}</ref> although it is unclear which.<ref name="numbers-names">"Russian warships paint off names and hull numbers..." from [https://ru.krymr.com/a/news-gpsu-rossiyskie-korabli-provokazyii/31763299.html Russian warships paint off hull numbers to prepare for provocations at sea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321132025/https://ru.krymr.com/a/news-gpsu-rossiyskie-korabli-provokazyii/31763299.html |date=21 March 2022 }} // Крым.Реалии, March 21, 2022</ref>

On 18 April 2022 it was reported that the ship's commander, [[Captain 3rd rank]] Alexander Chirva, died during the invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ria.ru/20220418/komandir-1784175006.html|title=Командир корабля "Цезарь Куников" Чирва погиб на спецоперации на Украине |trans-title=The commander of the ship "Tsezar Kunikov" Chirva died in a special operation in Ukraine |website=[[RIA Novosti]] |date=18 April 2022 |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418223613/https://ria.ru/20220418/komandir-1784175006.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=Russian captain of Black Sea landing ship killed in Ukraine in latest blow for Putin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/alexander-chirva-black-sea-ship-commander-killed-b2061306.html |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601081128/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/alexander-chirva-black-sea-ship-commander-killed-b2061306.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 24 August 2022 it was reported that ''Tsezar Kunikov'' and ''Novocherkassk'' were out of action due to lack of spare parts to repair the ships. The lack of spare parts was attributed to the [[International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|sanctions imposed on Russia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mash.ru/news/156607 |website=[[Mash (online newspaper)|mash.ru]] |title=Польша поставила России контрафактные детали для десантных кораблей |date= 2022-08-24 |language=ru |trans-title=Poland supplied Russia with counterfeit parts for landing ships |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828161046/https://mash.ru/news/156607 |archive-date=2022-08-28 |url-status=live}}</ref> According to Ukrainian spokespersons, the ship was later used to transport ammunition.<ref name=":1" />

====2024====
[[File:GUR footage of 14 February 2024 attack on Tsezar Kunikov by Group 13.webm|thumb|right|250px|[[Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)|Main Directorate of Intelligence]] footage of the attack on ''Tsezar Kunikov'' by Group 13.]]
On 14 February 2024, Ukrainian Armed Forces released a statement through [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] that they had attacked the ''Tsezar Kunikov'' using [[MAGURA V5]] [[unmanned surface vehicle]]s (USVs) while the ship was off [[Alupka]] in [[Crimea]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author1=Victoria Butenko |author2=Christian Edwards |author3=Alex Stambaugh |date=2024-02-14 |title=Ukraine says it has sunk another warship, disabling a third of Russia's Black Sea Fleet |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/europe/ukraine-says-russian-warship-Tsezar-kunikov-destroyed-black-sea-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214120852/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/europe/ukraine-says-russian-warship-Tsezar-kunikov-destroyed-black-sea-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Loud explosions were reportedly heard in the region, according to posts on social media.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |last=Kirby |first=Paul |date=2024-02-14 |title=Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov sunk off Crimea, says Ukraine |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68292602 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214155554/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68292602 |archive-date=14 February 2024 |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> The attack was carried out by the special forces unit "Group 13", which also carried out the 1 February attack on the Russian missile boat [[Russian corvette Ivanovets|''Ivanovets'']].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> In the statement, the [[Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)|Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine]] said, "''Tsezar Kunikov'' received a critical breach on the port side and started sinking."<ref name=":1" /> The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that Russian rescue operations were not successful and that they believe most of the crew of 87 did not survive.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="bbcua">{{cite web |date=February 14, 2024 |title=Цезар Куніков. ЗСУ кажуть, що потопили російський десантний корабель. Що про нього відомо і як реагують у Росії |trans-title=Tsezar Kunikov. The Armed Forces say they sank a Russian amphibious ship. What is known about it and how they react in Russia |url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/c97vq5rezy2o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214201605/https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/c97vq5rezy2o |archive-date=14 February 2024 |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=[[BBC]] |language=uk}}</ref>

Ukraine later released grainy and edited video of the attack, showing the ship being attacked by USVs and receiving damage.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Winsor |first=Morgan |date=February 14, 2024 |title=Ukraine says it sank another Russian warship in Black Sea |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/ukraine-claims-sank-russian-warship-black-sea/story?id=107221399 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=ABC News |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214205700/https://abcnews.go.com/International/ukraine-claims-sank-russian-warship-black-sea/story?id=107221399 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Analyzing the video, reporters at the [[BBC]] were able to verify the ship on the video was a Ropucha-class landing ship;<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-14 |title=BBC Verify looks at moment Russian ship hit by Ukrainian drones |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-68298891 |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214162950/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-68298891 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Reuters]] was able to identify the ship in the video as the ''Tsezar Kunikov'' but could not verify the date or location of the video.<ref name=":1" /> According to the [[Associated Press]], the private intelligence firm Ambrey concluded that the video showed the ship being attacked by three USVs, and that the ship likely sank after listing to its side.<ref name=":2" /> There has been no additional confirmation of Ukrainian claims relating to the attack.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukraine says it sank a large Russian landing ship in the Black Sea |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-sinks-russian-landing-ship-black-sea-rcna138765 |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=[[NBC]] |date=14 February 2024 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214201616/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-sinks-russian-landing-ship-black-sea-rcna138765 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5" /> Ukraine said that the ''Tsezar Kunikov'' was the 25th Russian ship it had disabled.<ref name=":0" /> [[Kyrylo Budanov]] later explained that, initially, ''Tsezar Kunikov'' was not the intended target of the 14 February strike, however due to changing conditions after the mission's commencement which prevented the original target from being struck, it was decided to change targets and attack ''Tsezar Kunikov'' instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/4/7444925/|title=Four ships in a row: Defence Intelligence explains why Ukrainian drones started sinking Russian vessels – video|author1=Roman Romaniuk|author2=Yevhen Kizilov|date=March 4, 2024|website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]}}</ref>

When asked for comment on the ''Tsezar Kunikov'', both Russian military as well as [[Kremlin]] spokesperson [[Dmitry Peskov]] declined to comment.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last1=Toussaint |first1=Benoit |last2=Flanagan |first2=Erin |date=2024-02-15 |title=Ukraine lands blows in Black Sea as frontline stagnates |url=https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/ukraine-lands-blows-in-black-sea-as-frontline-stagnates/article_b1e9b6cf-85e8-5ee0-8b2f-8ea906709847.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216194334/https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/ukraine-lands-blows-in-black-sea-as-frontline-stagnates/article_b1e9b6cf-85e8-5ee0-8b2f-8ea906709847.html |archive-date=16 February 2024 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=[[KNDU|NBC Right Now]] |language=en |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> However, the Russian Defense Ministry said it had recently destroyed six unmanned surface vehicles (USV) in the Black Sea.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Kakissis |first=Joanna |date=February 14, 2024 |title=Ukraine's military says it sank a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea |website=www.npr.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/02/14/1231319727/ukraine-sank-a-russian-ship-black-sea |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214175844/https://www.npr.org/2024/02/14/1231319727/ukraine-sank-a-russian-ship-black-sea |archive-date=14 February 2024 |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> A former sailor on the ''Tsezar Kunikov'' interviewed by BBC said that the entire crew of 89 had managed to evacuate the sinking ship.<ref name="BBC"/> According to a Ukrainian source which published a video purporting to show the engagement viewed from on board the ship, the strike on the ship and its subsequent evacuation has been confirmed by Russian sources.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/video-from-the-landing-ship-caesar-kunikov-during-the-ukrainian-drone-attack-was-released/ |title=Video from the landing ship Caesar Kunikov during the Ukrainian drone attack was released |date=March 6, 2024 |website=Ukrainian Military Center |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of ship losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Tsezar Kunikov (ship, 1986)}}
* {{cite web |url= http://flot.sevastopol.info/photos/photo_desant/cesar_00.htm |title=Большой десантный корабль 'Цезарь Куников' |trans-title=Large landing ship 'Tsezar Kunikov' |work=flot.sevastopol.info }} Photographs of ''Tsezar Kunikov''.{{dead link|date=December 2022}}
* {{cite web |url= https://news.rambler.ru/world/31532407-rossiya-napravila-v-sredizemnoe-more-korabl-s-oruzhiem-dlya-sirii/ |title=Россия направила в Средиземное море корабль с оружием для Сирии |trans-title=Russia sent a ship with weapons to Syria to the Mediterranean |work=news.rambler.ru|date=5 October 2015 }}
* "[https://gur.gov.ua/content/magura-znyshchyla-tsezaria-rozvidnyky-potopyly-velykyi-desantnyi-korabel-chf-rf.html Magura" знищила "цезаря" ― розвідники потопили великий десантний корабель чф рф]" ["Magura" destroyed "Tsezar" - scouts sank a large landing ship of the Russian Federation]. - [[Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)]] (in Ukrainian).
* [https://www.nbcnews.com/video/video-shows-drone-attack-on-russian-landing-ship-kyiv-says-204189253524 Ukrainian military video said to show a naval drone attack on a Russian landing ship] - [[NBC News]]

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