Russia claims to have destroyed Ukraine's last warship

Sputnik quoted the Russian Defense Ministry's announcement on May 31 stating that the country's air force used high-precision weapons to destroy the Yuri Olefirenko - the last warship of the Ukrainian navy in the port of Odessa.

"The last warship of the Ukrainian navy - Yuriy Olefirenko was destroyed while anchored in the port of Odessa" , Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov - spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The Yuri Olefirenko is a Project 773 medium-sized landing ship and the last large warship of the Ukrainian Navy. The Yuri Olefirenko was built in the late 1970s and transferred to Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Russia claims to have destroyed Ukraine's last warship - 1 — The Ukrainian Navy's landing ship Yuri Olefirenko. (Photo: Sputnik)

In the Ukrainian navy, Yuri Olefirenko has been overhauled and upgraded many times, most recently in 2016.

According to Reuters, Mr. Oleh Chalyk, spokesman for the Ukrainian navy, refused to comment on Russia's statement about the destruction of the Yuri Olefirenko ship.

Earlier, on May 29, Ukrainian officials confirmed that Russia destroyed at least five Ukrainian Air Force fighter jets in an airstrike in the western part of the country. The port of Odessa was also attacked.

In the course of the fighting, the Russian Defense Ministry said the fiercest fighting was taking place in the Avdeevka area of the Donetsk region. " In the Donetsk direction, the fiercest battles are taking place in the Avdeevka settlement," the ministry said in a statement.

Meanwhile, on the same day, May 31, Governor of Russia's Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that authorities would begin evacuating hundreds of children from the area due to "the worsening situation".

“The situation in the border village of Shebekino is getting worse,” Mr. Gladkov said in a post on Telegram.

“We are starting to evacuate children from the Shebekino and Graivoron districts. Today, the first 300 children will be taken to Voronezh,” Governor Gladkov announced.

Tra Khanh (Source: Sputnik)

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