Russia's Black Sea Fleet 'Likely' Lost Its Last Missile Carrier in Crimea
Isabel van Brugen | May 21, 2024 at 1:06 PM EDTRussia's Black Sea Fleet likely lost its last missile carrier in occupied Crimea, according to Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's navy.
A Ukrainian strike Sunday on the bay of Sevastopol in Crimea "likely" seriously damaged or sunk both the Russian minesweeper Kovrovets and the corvette Cyclone, or Tsiklon, Pletenchuk told Radio Svoboda, the Russian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Monday.
The Karakurt-class corvette Tsiklon joined the Black Sea Fleet in July 2023. Pletenchuk said at the time that it failed routine tests twice—in 2021 and 2022—and that Moscow put it into operation "because they need a picture that they have launched something, revived something, replenished their fleet." . . .
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