The vessel was sunk while stationed in Russia's key Crimean port
File photo: Russian Navy’s diesel-electric submarine Rostov-on-Don is escorted by a Turkish Navy Coast Guard boat as it sets sail in the Dardanelles, on its way to the Black Sea, in Canakkale, Turkey February 12, 2022.
The £234m Rostov-on-Don attack submarine had been stationed in Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea before the 242-foot long vessel was sunk following a missile strike. Ukrainian drones also struck a major airfield and oil depots inside Russian soil overnight on Saturday with Russia’s Defence Ministry claiming 75 Ukrainian drones were “intercepted and destroyed” near the border.on Saturday home to Su-34 glide bombers which have have played a key role in Russian air operations during the war.The drones also hit oil storage depots in the Rostov, Kursk and Belgorod regions, with at least two oil tanks reported to haveThis included 36 drones over the Rostov area.
The recent attack, though significant, is nowhere near the largest Russian naval loss during the war so far.
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