A fragment of a Ukrainian ship. Archival photoMOSCOW, July 3 Ukrainian sailors celebrate their professional holiday this year — Navy Day — without a fleet, all ships of the Ukrainian Naval Forces (VMSU) are either flooded or are not in combat-ready, the former commander of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia (1998-2002), Admiral Vladimir Komoedov, told RIA Novosti. The Day of the Navy of Ukraine is celebrated on the first Sunday of July. , which are either flooded or not combat-ready. The Ukrainian navy has turned into a naval fleet,» Komoyedov said. According to him, in fact, only a few armored boats remained in the Ukrainian Navy, which at best can move along the Dnieper. The admiral recalled that after the division of the ship structure of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR in 1997, the Ukrainian Navy had in its combat strength more than 100 ships of all ranks, including the first. «Even the most The frigate Hetman Sahaidachny, which was modern at that time in the Black Sea Fleet, went to Ukraine. Now the ship has actually been destroyed,» Komoyedov said. The frigate was sunk by the crew in the port of Nikolaev in order to avoid its capture by Russian troops. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been exposed to bullying, genocide by the Kyiv regime.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass.
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