The new Russian ship Pavel Derzhavin, which can carry Kalibr cruise missiles and Kh-35 anti-ship missiles, has exploded on its own mine near Crimea

Another patrol ship of the project "Vasily Bykov" was damaged. This time it is the "Pavel Derzhavin".

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Russian warship blew up on its own mine in the Black Sea near occupied Sevastopol. This was reported by the spokesman of the Ukrainian Navy, Captain 3rd rank Dmitry Pletenchuk. The degree of damage is not specified.

"Pavel Derzhavin" became the third ship of the type "Vasily Bykov", which received damage. In the middle of last month, the Ukrainian Defence Forces hit two military vessels with kamikaze marine drones.

Project 22160 includes six patrol ships: the Vasily Bykov, Dmitry Rogachev, Pavel Derzhavin, Sergey Kotov, Viktor Velikiy and Mykola Sipyagin. The latter two have not yet been commissioned into the Russian Federation's Black Sea Fleet.

"Pavel Derzhavin" is the third ship of the "Vasily Bykov" type. It joined the fleet almost three years ago. All Project 22160 ships can carry Kalibr cruise missiles and Kh-35 anti-ship missiles.

Source: Radio Liberty