Rome, 22 April 2024 – A piece of history that goes up in smoke with those images from Sevastopol, the Russian ship “Kommuna” on fire in the port, Kiev claims responsibility for the action. A very hard blow for Putin’s fleet.
Thus sinks the history of the oldest ship in the world, launched by the tsars 111 years ago. In 2022 the Kremlin sent the ‘grandmother’ of the seas to make it safe the secrets of Movska, flagship of the Russian forces in the Black Sea, sunk (and in that case too Ukraine had claimed responsibility). That too was a very hard blow for the Kremlin.
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The Russian ship Kommuna launched by the tsars 111 years ago under the name Volkhov
The history of Kommuna and why it matters
Until 1922 it was called Volkhov, was launched by the tsars 111 years ago. Grandmother of the Russian Navy, last year she was tasked with recovering Movska’s secrets. But why are you putting Putin in difficulty? Because the ship was capable of rescuing submarinesits four cranes were capable of lift 250 ton weights, and thus could recover the hulls of submarines that were sunk or in difficulty. Kommuna is the Soviet name, the ship was also used in the siege of Leningrad.
Kiev’s claim
For the spokesman of the Ukrainian navy Dmytro Pletenchuk the damage caused by the attack made the Kommuna “no longer able to carry out his duties”.
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