«We will use «Caliber» and «Onyx»»
The lead corvette F-211 «Hetman Ivan Mazepa», built at a Turkish shipyard for the Ukrainian Navy, has entered the factory running gear tests. Turkish resources reported this.
Naturally, for Ukraine this news sounds like another “victory”, and for us a Ukrainian corvette in the Black Sea will be a tasty morsel for a strike. Why can’t we destroy the ship now and when it “arrives”, military expert Vasily Dandykin, captain of the 1st rank in the reserve, told MK.
According to him, our Black Sea Fleet does not touch the Mazepa, because the ship is not yet considered Ukrainian and is being tested in the territorial waters of Turkey.
In addition, during factory tests, on board the ship, in addition to the Ukrainian crew, there are teams of Turkish shipbuilders, who certainly should not suffer from our fire.
But, according to Dandykin, as soon as the Ukrainian flag is raised on the ship and the corvette becomes part of the Ukrainian Navy, it will become a target for the Russian Black Sea Fleet, coastal missile forces and naval aviation.
The officer assumes that “Ivan Mazepa” will be hit while crossing the Black Sea, because “Mazepa” is a combat unit that threatens the security of Russia.
< p>— The ship can go to Odessa through the territorial waters of Romania and Bulgaria, where we cannot enter. But in any case, he will still come to where we can get him. And our missiles reach both Izmail and Nikolaev. So, as soon as the corvette reaches the territorial waters of Ukraine, that’s where it will “arrive.” Most likely, we will use Kalibr cruise missiles or Onyx anti-ship missiles for destruction.
The expert is confident that the construction of a corvette at Turkish shipyards for Ukraine is a purely political decision and wasted money.
“I think both Turkey and NATO understand this,” he concluded.