“The enemy has withdrawn again,” the Ukrainian navy first reported on Facebook.
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The Ukrainian army then added: “Today, March 7, naval units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to hit an enemy ship while defending Odessa.”
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A Russian ship with two machine guns and two grenade launchers tried to occupy the largest seaport in the country on Monday.
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A video has appeared on the Internet showing how Ukrainian forces cheer after a ship strikes in the Black Sea. According to media reports, she was hit by a GRAD salvo.
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Ukraine military sources report ship on fire off Odessa 7 March is the Russian Project 22160 corvette VASILY BYKOV 368. These 1700-ton ships carry Kalibr-NK cruise missiles of the type seen in many videos. Ship also took part in Snake Isld assault 24 Feb. Last photo fm June 2020 pic.twitter.com/wD5Yq98azs
— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) March 7, 2022
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The fact that it should be a ship Vasily Bykov was reported by several Twitter accounts following the events surrounding the invasion and subsequently by a number of news media, including the British newspaper The Times. However, this information has not been officially confirmed. It is not even known whether the ship sank after the strike.
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The infamous warship
Vasily Bykov is one of the Project 22160 patrol ships operated by the Russian Navy since 2018. It infamous on February 24 this year, when it took part in the invasion of Snake (Snake) as part of the invasion of Ukraine. an island where 13 local defenders refused to surrender and sent ships “to pr ** le”.
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Reports coming that Ukraine has used an MLRS strike to sink the Russian patrol ship “Vasily Bykov” off the coast of Odesa last night.
This is supposedly a video of Ukrainian soldiers celebrating the hit. pic.twitter.com/dMG7gvcDjA
– Visegrád 24 (@ visegrad24) March 7, 2022
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In one of the unverified videos, a voice apparently belonging to one of the soldiers who fired the missiles can be heard at the intervention: “We hit them! Russian warships, go to the ship! ”He repeated the iconic message today.
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