"Pavel State" is damaged. What tasks did the ship performed and what does it mean for the Fleet of the Russian Federation
The next day, October 12, a spokesman for the Navy of Ukraine Dmitry Pletenchuk confirmed information about damage to the ship. Focus tells what is known about the ship "Pavel Derzhavin", and what tasks he performed. Initially, the expert of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko stated that Pavel Derzhavin was damaged on the raid. At that time, it was not known that it caused the blast.
"Whether it is a rocket or a blow to a air or sea drone, or just someone badly smoked," Gerashchenko wrote. Later, the speaker of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army "South" Sergey Bratchuk stated that Pavel State University could blow up on the Russian mini. "There is a preliminary information about the blasting of the Pavel State Patrol Ship of Russian.
In the morning of October 12, a spokesman for the Navy of Ukraine Dmitry Pletenchuk on the air of Radio Liberty officially confirmed damage to the ship. He said he could not name the details of the event. "You are the first to whom I confirm it officially that it has received damage. I cannot give you, let's just say, the details of the incident, but there is such a fact," Pletenchuk said. "Pavel State" is a corvette of the project 22160 "Vasyl Bykov". Ships have been built since 2014.
They are intended for patrolling territorial waters and economic zone in the sea. Ships were built at two Zeleodolsky enterprises on the Volga and the CVD in Kerch. The first ship of the project 22160 was laid in 2014 with a drop in water in 2017 and was named "Vasyl Bykov". The Pavel Derzhavin ship has an onboard number 363 and was laid on the water of 2019. From November 27, 2020 he was in the service of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
In total, 4 ships were built on the project "Vasyl Bykov" and 2 more are being built. The experience of a full -scale war in Ukraine has shown that corvettes have a number of disadvantages: a weak weapons system, in particular air defense, poor speed and low waterboarding, which causes seafarers. The Russian Federation stated that they would refuse further procurement of the project because of the failure of the "innovative patrol ship of minimum watertone with modular weapons".
Usually, for offshore patrol ships, watertone is 1500-2000 tons. For example, the British HMS Tamar patrol ship has a watertone of 2000 tons. Vasyl Bykov's ships are armed with artillery and missile weapons. The shock weapons are 8 launchers for the Caliber-K or X-35 missiles. The means of air defense-IGLA-S and "Willow" MSrk. Also on board may be from 2 to 4 UAV "Orlan-10" and 1 helicopter Ka-27PS, KA-29 or KA-52K.
Due to the insufficient level of air defense protection, photos of one of the 22160 ships from the TOR-M2KM SPR on board were published on the network. In total, more than 30 warships remain in the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, if the auxiliary vessels and boats are not taken into account. The invaders distributed them between Sevastopol, Novorossiysk and Theodosius. The Ukrainian Navy says it is not yet possible to talk about parity in the Black Sea, but the enemy is no longer safe.
He cannot approach the shore of Odessa, as it was in the first months of a full -scale war. There are only 4 units in the Navy of the Russian Federation 22160. Without "Pavel Derzhavin" there will be three of them: "Vasyl Bykov", "Dmitry Rogachev" and "Sergey Kotov". From this the possibility of the Russian Federation to patrol the Black Sea will decline. After the beginning of the Great War, the media repeatedly wrote about attacks on the ship of the project 22160.
In the morning of August 1, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declared the reflection of attacks on "Sergei Kotov" and "Vasyl Bykov". However, journalists published radio interception of the occupiers' negotiations that the Ka-29 helicopter was sent to the rescue. The main tasks of patrol ships 22160-patrol of territorial waters, as well as water within a 200-mile exclusive economic zone. In addition, they can assist the victims during maritime disasters.