BDK "Saratov" raised from the bottom of the sea in Berdyansk
According to Vladimir Rogov, a representative of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region, on his Telegram channel, the landing ship Saratov was raised from the bottom of the Sea of Azov yesterday.
The operation to lift the landing ship was carried out in the port of the city of Berdyansk, which is located in the south of the Zaporozhye region near the coast of the Sea of Azov.
"Saratov" was heavily damaged on March 24 during the shelling of the Berdyansk port by the Ukrainian military. The blow was delivered by missiles of the Tochka-U complex.
As Rogov explains, the crew decided to flood the ship after a fire started on it. Otherwise, this could lead to the detonation of the ammunition on board.
Recall that Berdyansk and other settlements of the Zaporozhye region, located along the Sea of Azov, were liberated by Russian troops in March this year.
"Saratov" was the first landing ship of its series, built back in 1964 in Kaliningrad. For my long history the ship had to visit many parts of the world. Saratov took part in the events in Georgia in 2008, and during the reunification of Crimea in 2014. With the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the ship was also involved in it.
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