The landing ship “Yuri Olefirenkodestroyed the Russiaas announced today, which was in Odessa, in southern Ukraine. According to Moscow, this was the “last” Ukrainian warship still operating.
“On 29/05, following a strike by the Russian aerospace forces with high-precision weapons in the loading area of warships in the port of Odessathe last warship of the Ukrainian Navy, the “Yuri Olefirenko“, announced the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
AFP was unable to independently confirm this information. So far, Ukraine’s navy has not commented on the announcement.
“Yuri Olefirenko” is a landing ship, formerly known as “Kirovograd”. It was renamed in 2016 in his honor Ukrainian officer killed in 2015 near Mariupol.
In June 2022, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky he decorated the ship’s crew for their “heroism” in the defense of the country.
Source: News Beast
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