![]() “The Black Sea Fleet’s ship Sergey Kotov continues accomplishing assigned missions.” “There are no casualties,” the Kremlin stated. On Monday, two Ukrainian drone boats got within gun range of the corvette before the Russian crew blew the boats out of the water. It’s unclear how effective this ad hoc air-defense is.ĭespite scuttling its sole large warship, the frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy, in Odesa in the early days of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine starting in February 2022, the Ukrainian navy has deployed Neptune and Harpoon missiles, aerial drones and explosives-laden unmanned boats and successfully contested control of the western Black Sea.Īll that is to say, Sergey Kotov is not safe. After the Ukrainian navy sank the Black Sea Fleet cruiser Moskva with a Neptune anti-ship cruise missile in April 2022, the fleet hastily chained a Tor air-defense vehicle to Sergey Kotov’s deck. ![]() As built, Sergey Kotov and her five Black Sea Fleet sister ships lacked major air-defenses, however. ![]()
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