It was captured in 2014: the Armed Forces of Ukraine was struck by VDC "Konstantin Olshansky" in Crimea, details (photo

The Ukrainian military caused damage to the stolen ship with the help of the Neptune anti -ship. The ship is not capable of the ship, said Dmitry Pletenchuk, a spokesman for the Navy. The Ukrainian military attacked the large landing ship "Konstantin Olshansky", which the Russians were captured during the annexation of Crimea in 2014, with the help of the anti -ship "Neptune". This was reported by a spokesman for the Navy of the Armed Forces Dmitry Pletenchuk on Freedom.

He noted that this vessel stood in the bay for nine years, the invaders gradually disassembled it for spare parts. According to Pletenchuk, then the enemy understood that he ended up large landing ships of the project 775, and therefore restored it during the year. However, the Russians wanted to publish the Konstantin Olshansky ship for one of their VDCs, including Minsk or Olenagorsky Gornyak, which were previously damaged by Ukrainian fighters. "This ship had to be used against Ukraine.

Therefore, it was made to defeat this unit by our" Neptune "," Dmitry Pletenchuk said. He stressed that the vessel's damage is currently clarified. Project 775 "Konstantin Olshansky" in 2014 was blocked in Lake Donuzlav in Crimea. On March 24, about 200 Russian stormtroopers with the help of grenades and automatic weapons seized the ship.

The ship was named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Konstantin Olshansky, who was a commander They participated in the exile of Nazi invaders from Nikolaev during the Second World War. Recall on March 24, the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian military was struck by Russian landing ships "Yamal" and "Azov" in temporarily occupied Sevastopol in Crimea. It happened in the evening of March 23.