"Not even left the plant": the defeat of the Russian Corvette became unique in history - the media

Although the Russian rocket corvette "Askold" was afloat, but received critical damage to very important elements. It will have to be restored almost from scratch. In the temporarily occupied Kerch, as a result of the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian rocket corvette "Askold" was destroyed for the first time in history. This attack has become unique. About it reports Defense Express.

Journalists say that after a rocket stroke with the use of Scalp-EG, the corvette has been "very critical damage to very important elements" and now the Russians will have to restore the ship again, literally "from scratch". "And so Ukraine became the first in history, who destroyed the enemy rocket ship, which has not even left the plant and was not introduced into the line of its fleet," the publication reads.

It is noted that SCalp-EG rockets were hit by the central part of the Askold Corps, which housed 8 vertical starting installations to launch the Kalibr and/or P-800 Onyx. The main system of weapons of the warship was destroyed. Due to significant damage, the Russians will probably have to hand over most of the onboard equipment for control of the ship, without which this ship is simply a set of scrap.

On November 4, Ukrainian intelligence announced that during a rocket attack on the occupied Kerch it was possible to hit a small rocket ship built at the floods shipbuilding plant. The forces of defense struck one of the most modern ships of the Russian Federation, the carrier of the winged missiles "Caliber". "Well done, as if they have gone through. Also, thank you to the east of the Air Command for knocked down by the Iskanders, who were flying back,"-Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk wrote.

Later, journalist Yuri Butusov published pictures of a damaged ship in Telegram and wrote: "Interestingly, on November 27, an official transfer and assignment of the Askold ship was scheduled for the Russian Navy. Reception of scrap. " We will remind, on November 3 the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MOU) Andriy Yusov reported that the Crimean bridge remains legitimate military purpose for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.