The Armed Forces damaged a rarity ship of the Cofs of the Russian Communist
"On April 21, in the occupied Sevastopol (Crimea), Ukrainian troops struck and damaged the Support Submarines of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia" Commun "-the world's oldest military-naval ship in the world," the statement said. According to geolocation, on April 21, a fire and a pillar of smoke were observed in the Sevastopol bay. While Russian sources claimed that their air defense had destroyed the Ukrainian anti -ship missile.
The Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Pletenchuk reported that the Ukrainian military struck the "Commune", as a result, the ship was not able to fulfill the task. According to him, the ship for more than 111 years, but the enemy modernized the "Commun" in 2016 to perform deep -sea work, it is about the lifting of submarines and sunken goods. Pletenchuk stressed that the Kommun ship is the only ship of this class in the Black Sea Fleet.
In addition, without this ship, the enemy would not be able to perform rescue and search operations as during the flooding of the cruiser "Moscow", VDC "Caesar Kunikov". The intelligence analyst from open springs HI Satton noted that "Commun" often participated in running trials and could maintain fighting on the seabed.
According to another maritime intelligence analyst, a blow to the ship may limit the operations of the Black Sea Fleet on submarines and disrupt operations for launching "Caliber" rockets from the submarine. We will remind, on April 21 the explosions were heard in temporarily occupied Sevastopol in Crimea. According to the representative of the occupying power Mikhail Razvozhayev, on the north side the attack of the anti -ship rocket on one of the ships was allegedly reflected.