Ukraine's military said on Sunday it had struck and damaged a long-serving Russian rescue vessel in Sevastopol, the headquarters in occupied Crimea of Moscow's Black Sea Fleet. Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said the vessel,

Russian salvage ship Kommuna, recently hit by Ukraine's Defense Forces, was unique and had been previously used to search for necessary elements at the site of the destroyed cruiser Moskva, says a spokesperson for Navy,

A Russian salvage ship, the Kommuna, caught fire in the port of the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol, Crimea, due to an operation by the Ukrainian Navy on 21 April. Source: Captain 3rd Rank Dmytro Pletenchuk,

Ukraine's armed forces claimed to have hit the historic submarine rescue and salvage vessel Kommuna in Sevastopol yesterday.

In Sevastopol, Crimea, now under occupation, an attack on Sunday initiated a fire aboard one of the ships. The Ukrainian navy confirmed its strike against the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Mikhail Razvozhayev,

Ukraine has inflicted another devastating blow on Putin's Black Sea Fleet, after a major submarine support and rescue ship was badly damaged in a missile strike on Sunday. The 315-foot Kommuna was hit by Neptune missiles as it was moored in Sevastopol - a major port for the Black Sea Fleet.