The Russian navy has involuntarily converted another surface ship into a submarine.
https://www.twz.com/sea/ukrainian-dr...vy-patrol-ship
Commissioned in July 2022, the
Sergei Kotov was one of four Project 22160 patrol ships, all based in the Black Sea, and each costing roughly $65m.
The Ukrainians had claimed to have hit Project 22160 with either an SSM or shore-launched rocket during the first year of the war, but that turned out to be false.
The loss of the
Sergei Kotov has been confirmed by Russian sources.
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