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Russia’s Aerospace Forces destroyed the last Ukrainian combat ship in the Odessa port in the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Wednesday.
"On May 29, the Ukrainian Navy’s last combat ship Yury Olefirenko was destroyed as a result of a strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces’ precision weapons against the anchorage of naval ships in the Odessa port," the spokesman said.
The Ukrainian Navy operated about 25 combat ships, including five patrol and six artillery boats before Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine.
In addition, the Ukrainian Navy’s combat assets included the Gola Pristan anti-saboteur boat and the Svatovo assault boat. Upon Kiev’s attempt to storm Snake Island in the Black Sea on May 9 last year, Russian forces sank three Ukrainian Centaur-class armored assault boats and each of them could have carried a marine infantry platoon.
The Ukrainian Navy also operated nine armored gunboats, one of which, the Akkerman, was abandoned by the crew in Berdyansk, according to information of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily. The Vinnitsa corvette and the Yury Olefirenko medium amphibious assault ship were sunk.
The Yuri Olefirenko warship is classified as a landing craft that were built in the 1960s and 1970s in Poland for the USSR Navy. The ship was commissioned in 1971.
In the meantime, the most fierce fighting is ongoing in the area of Avdeevka in the Donetsk direction, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding that Ukraine lost over 200 soldiers here over the past day. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in May alone, Ukrainian troops lost more than 16,000 servicemen, as well as over 20 planes and helicopters, 466 drones, four hundred tanks and other armored vehicles, 238 field artillery guns and mortars.
Akhmat Fighters Successfully Advance Near Maryinka - Russian MoD
Earlier, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that Chechen units had received orders to redeploy their forces, and their zone of responsibility had become the territory of the DPR - the Akhmat Special Forces and the Sever Akhmat Regiment were transferred to the Maryinka direction.
The assault troops of the 5th motorized infantry brigade and the fighters of the Akhmat Special Rapid Response Unit are advancing in the Maryinka direction, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"The 5th motorized infantry brigade and the Akhmat special-purpose troops are successfully advancing in the Maryinka tactical direction," the ministry said.
Russian Defense Ministry added that the fiercest battles during the special military operation over the past 24 hours have been taking place in the Donetsk direction, near Avdeevka.
Earlier, it was reported that the Akhmat special forces fighters had received orders to relocate and now the Donetsk people's republic is their area of responsibility. According to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the units have the task of switching to active military operations and liberating a number of populated areas. The head of Chechnya said in his Telegram channel that the redeployment of Chechen units is supported by the Ministry of Defense.
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▪️Ukraine is going to go on the offensive this summer and can count on an early supply of additional weapons from the United States, the White House said;
▪️The United States does not encourage attacks on Russian territory, because they do not want the conflict in Ukraine to escalate into a "war against the West," the White House noted;
▪️Russian aviation on May 29 destroyed the last warship of Ukraine "Yury Olefirenko", the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday;
▪️Russian air defense systems intercepted one Storm Shadow cruise missile and 12 HIMARS MLRS shells, and also destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones, the Russian defense ministry said;
▪️Work to improve the effectiveness of the Russian air defense system will continue, Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said;
▪️The IAEA staff will continue to monitor whether weapons are located at the ZNPP, whether it is under fire or fire is being fired from it, said IAEA Director General Grossi;
▪️The Russian Federation does not plan to deploy military contingents and military equipment intended for offensive operations on the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP, Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko said;
▪️Only those forces are at the ZNPP that are necessary to protect it from attacks by Ukraine, as well as to eliminate their possible consequences, he added.
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