The Russian troop ship Saratov sank in a Black Sea port after a Ukrainian missile strike.
Russia says it has salvaged a large landing ship scuttled by its crew after a Ukrainian missile strike damaged it in the port of Berdyansk on 24 March.by a Russian-appointed official in southern Ukraine, Vladimir Rogov, says Tochka-U ballistic missiles had targeted the Russian-held port.
The crew sank the ship "to prevent detonation of the on-board munitions by the fire that had started", he said.Russian reports do not give details of the ship's damage, but say it will be towed to Kerch in Crimea. The Black Sea peninsula was annexed by Russia in 2014.on 24 March named the landing ship as the Orsk - but the ship salvaged by Russia is the Saratov. The Orsk is another of the six large landing ships in Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
The fleet's website kchf.ru confirms that the Saratov was damaged and sank in port on 24 March - but does not mention the Ukrainian missile attack. The ship "was damaged by fire and the explosions triggered by it", it says - contradicting the version given by Mr Rogov. "With damage to its hull the ship sank at its berth," the fleet website says.The 58-year-old Saratov joined the Soviet navy in 1964. It can carry up to 20 tanks, or 45 armoured personnel carriers or 50 trucks, as well as up to 400 marines.Berdyansk lies on the Sea of Azov, between the port city of Mariupol and Crimea.
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