MOSCOW: Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday (May 31) that its forces had destroyed what it described as Ukraine's 'last warship' two days ago in the port of Odesa in a missile strike, though there was no immediate comment from Kyiv on the fate of the vessel. 'The last warship of the Ukrainian navy,
MOSCOW: Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that its forces had destroyed what it described as Ukraine's"last warship" two days ago in the port of Odesa in a missile strike, though there was no immediate comment from Kyiv on the fate of the vessel.
"The last warship of the Ukrainian navy, the Yuriy Olefirenko, was destroyed at a warship mooring in the port of Odesa," Defence Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a daily briefing on the war. He said the vessel had been hit with"high-precision weapons" - a phrase he uses to mean missiles - on May 29, but gave no further details.Ukrainian officials said on Monday that Russia had put five aircraft out of action in an attack on a military target in western Ukraine and caused a fire at the Black Sea port of Odesa in heavy air strikes early on Monday.
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