In June 2022, Zelensky had decorated the crew of “Yuri Olefirenko” for their heroism in the defense of the country
THE Russia announced today that destroyed in Odessain southern Ukraine, the landing ship “Yuri Olefirenko”which, according to Moscow, is the “last one” Ukrainian warship which was still operating.
“On May 29, following a strike by the Russian aerospace forces with high-precision weapons in the loading area of ​​warships in the port of Odessa, the last warship of the Ukrainian navy, the ‘Yuri Olefirenko’, was destroyed,” the Ministry of Defense announced of Russia.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 According to unconfirmed reports, as a result of a series of attacks on targets in Odessa, the Ukrainian landing ship “Yury Olefirenko” was destroyed – the last large ship of the Ukrainian Navy on the Black Sea. pic.twitter.com/yGQh7ezAtf
— Sinnaig (@Sinnaig) May 30, 2023
AFP was unable to independently confirm this information. For now, the Ukrainian Navy has not commented on the announcement.
“Yuri Olefirenko” is a landing ship, formerly known as “Kirovograd”. It was renamed in 2016 in honor of the Ukrainian officer killed in 2015 near Mariupol.
In June 2022 the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky he had decorated the ship’s crew for their “heroism” in the defense of the country.
Source :Skai
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