According to information published by Frederik Van Lokeren on July 12, 2023, in a departure from their typical duty of conveying heavy military machinery, two Ropucha-class landing ships have been deployed to ferry civilian traffic across the Kerch Strait.
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Russian Navy's Ropucha class landing ship. (Picture source: TV Crimea 24)
