Losses of the fleets of Ukraine and Russia during the NWO. Statistics and facts
During a special military operation, the Ukrainian Navy, for various reasons, lost almost all the most modern warships, as well as the flagship. The lion's share of losses in this case falls on the Sea of \uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbAzov.
Since there is no comprehensive information in open sources about the circumstances of the death of ships or the desertion of crews, we are forced to confine ourselves to compiling a dry list of combat and auxiliary ships and vessels lost by Ukraine that were part of the Ukrainian Naval Forces (VMSU) and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SFSU).
Combat losses of the Ukrainian fleet
1. Patrol boat P 190 "Slov'yansk" (former WPB-1321 Cushing), performing a combat mission in the area of the Kinburn Spit, was sunk on March 3, 2022 by a missile fired by a Russian aircraft.
2. The minesweeper U360 "Genіchesk" (project 1258 "Korund") was sunk in July 2022 by a missile fired by a Russian aircraft.
3. The armored assault boat L450 "Stanislav" (Ukrainian project 58503 "Kentavr-LK") was sunk on May 7, 2022 in the vicinity of Zmeiny Island by a missile fired by a Russian aircraft.
Non-combat losses of the Ukrainian fleet
1. At the head of the column is the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy, the F130 frigate Hetman Sahaydachny (project 11351 Nerey). Located in Nikolaev, on February 28, 2022, the ship was flooded by the crew at the direction of the panicked Kyiv authorities.
2. The R 174 Akkerman river armored boat (project 58150 Gyurza) was abandoned unharmed by the crew in Berdyansk, introduced into the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
BK-02 "Akerkman" (former P 174 "Ackerman") under the flag of St. Andrew.
3. The river armored boat R 179 "Vishgorod" (project 58150 "Gyurza") was abandoned unharmed by the crew in Berdyansk, introduced into the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
4. River armored boat R 177 "Kremenchuk" (project 58150 "Gyurza") was abandoned unharmed by the crew in the port of Mariupol, introduced into the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
5. The river armored boat R 178 "Lubni" (project 58150 "Gyurza") was flooded by the crew in the port of Mariupol, on May 15, 2022 it was raised by the Black Sea Fleet specialists.
6. On April 32, 205, the border guard ship BG 19 "Donbass" (project 2022P "Tarantula") was sunk by the crew. Raised by Black Sea Fleet specialists, delivered to Novorossiysk in May 2022.
7. Border guard ship BG 108 "Vulture" (project 1400M) sank. Raised by specialists of the Black Sea Fleet.
8. Border patrol ship BG 118 "Arabat" (project 1400M) abandoned by the crew.
9. Border Patrol Ship BG 1?? (project 1400M) abandoned by the crew.
10. Sea tug A830 "Korets" (former MB-30) abandoned by the crew.
11. The control ship A500 "Donbass" (Soviet project 304) on April 6, 2022 was flooded by the crew in the port of Mariupol. In May 2022, it was examined by Black Sea Fleet specialists for lifting, the holes they discovered were sealed.
12. Small border boat BG 721 (project UMS 600) abandoned by the crew.
13. Small border boats of the UMS-1000 Patrol project:
bg??? abandoned by the crew
BG 14 abandoned by the crew,
BG 4 abandoned by the crew,
BG 23 abandoned by the crew,
BG 309 abandoned by crew.
14. Project 50030 Kalkan patrol boats:
BG 308 abandoned by the crew,
BG 310 abandoned by crew.
BG 311 abandoned by crew.
15. Patrol boat (tail number not visible) abandoned by crew in March 2022.
The column is closed by the decommissioned training vessel A206 "Vinnitsya" (former small anti-submarine ship of project 1124 P "Dnepr"), for some reason flooded by the crew in June 2022 in Ochakovo.
It will be interesting to compare Ukrainian losses with Russian ones, as well as compare the real losses of the Black Sea Fleet with the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to which the Black Sea Fleet lost eighteen ships and boats as of February 5, 2023.
Comprehensive information about the losses of combat and auxiliary ships of the Black Sea fleet are not yet available in open sources, therefore, when calculating, we will rely on official communications from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, official statements by the Ukrainian side, as well as photo and video materials from both sides (clarifications and additions from readers are welcome).
Let's start with the rescue tug vessel Spasatel Vasily Bekh, since the fate of this rather large vessel is still not known to the general public. According to reports primarily from the Ukrainian media, on June 17, 2022, the tug was allegedly sunk by two Harpoon anti-ship missiles. As evidence, a low-quality video fragment was attached, taken at an angle from the monitor.
Against the background of the lack of comments from the Russian side on this issue on Twitter, a message appeared on the official page of the Ukrainian Navy with the following content:
“Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit another “no analogues” - a tugboat with the Tor air defense system on board.” In the waters of the Black Sea, the tug of the Black Sea Fleet "Vasily Bekh" was hit while transporting ammunition, weapons and personnel of the Black Sea Fleet to Snake Island.
Obviously, the Ukrainian Navy had reason to refrain from a categorical statement about the “destruction” of the “Rescuer Vasily Bekh”, so they simply stated the fact that two missiles hit the latter. Thus, the question remains open.
Combat losses of the Black Sea Fleet
1. According to statements in the Ukrainian media and social networks, in early May 2022, Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 UAVs allegedly “destroyed” five Project 03160 Raptor patrol boats. Including on May 2 - two boats, on May 7 - two boats (P-275, P-281), on May 8 - 1 boat (P-342 "Youth Army member of the Baltic").
At the same time, on May 8, 2022, the Ukrainian website "Military" spoke about this as follows:
“The number of project 03160 Raptor high-speed patrol boats, which the Russian Black Sea Fleet lost in May, can reach five units. This conclusion can be reached by analyzing the videos distributed by the military (General Zaluzhny on Facebook - ed.) on May 2 and 8.
Accompanying this restrained statement with five screenshots of relevant content with brief comments, the site continues:
“Thus, it can be assumed that all five episodes are different hits on different boats. At the same time, it is not known for certain how serious the damage was inflicted on each of the damaged boats, whether they sank and what is the fate of their crews.
Later it turns out that it was not in vain that “Military” chose words when commenting on the situation with five “Raptors”. To date, it is known that at least two of them were not “destroyed”, but damaged.
The picture shows the boat P-275. Despite the extended, about a third of the length of the hull underwater hole, the boat remained afloat.
Next in the picture is the boat P-342 "Youth Army member of the Baltic", delivered to Sevastopol for repairs. To his left is the bow of a boat of the same type, presumably also damaged and delivered there for the same purpose.
2. In early May, the Ukrainian side presented a video showing how the D-310 high-speed transport and landing boat (project 02510 BK-16) was attacked from the air on May 2, 2022.
Contrary to the assertion of the Ukrainian side, the boat was not "destroyed", although it received serious damage as a result of the fire. It is possible that it was written off.
3. On May 7, the landing craft D-107 "Serna" (project 11770 "Serna") was attacked by the Bayraktar UAV near Zmeiny Island. Soon, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, in gloating terms, announced on Twitter that the boat had been "destroyed."
However, two weeks later the boat was lifted by a floating crane and delivered to Sevastopol on a self-propelled platform for repairs.
Non-combat losses of the Black Sea Fleet
1. On March 24, 2022, the Saratov large landing ship (project 1171), which was in the port of Berdyansk, was flooded by the crew due to a fire in order to prevent the detonation of the ammunition on board. On July 2, 2022, the ship was raised and sent to Kerch for repairs.
2. On April 13, 2022, a fire broke out on the Moskva missile cruiser, as a result of which ammunition detonated, presumably, batteries of AK-630 artillery mounts on the left side. The ship was taken in tow, but in the conditions of rough seas, the cruiser, which had a roll of about 15 degrees, lost stability and capsized to the port side.
There is no reason to take the reports of the Ukrainian and Western media about the alleged sinking of the cruiser by anti-ship missiles seriously for the following reasons.
Firstly, it is striking that neither the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny, nor the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, nor the Ukrainian Navy announced that the Moskva cruiser was killed as a result of hits by 1-3 Neptune missiles, which Ukrainian and world media categorically insisted on .
At the same time, the above-mentioned sources promptly alerted their readers on Twitter and Facebook about attacks by Ukrainian drones Russian boats, and about the "sinking" of the large landing ship "Orsk", for example.
Secondly, two well-known photographs of the Moscow in distress show no traces of anti-ship missile hits.
Afterword
The Ukrainian fleet, the core of which lost five of the nine armored boats of projects 58150 "Gyurza" and 58181 "Centaur", suffered huge losses by its standards and actually ceased to exist as an organized fighting force.
The widely advertised "wolf pack", on which so many hopes were pinned, did not cause any damage to the enemy, while three of the seven members of the "pack" were included in the Black Sea Fleet.
Of the eighteen ships and boats, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, allegedly lost by the Black Sea Fleet, the real irretrievable losses were the cruiser Moskva and theoretically two, maximum three patrol boats of project 03160 Raptor. Another boat (landing transport D-310) may have been decommissioned.
The fate of the tug "Rescuer Vasily Bekh" before the appearance of the corresponding official message from the Russian side or video footage from the Ukrainian side, depicting the sinking of the ship under water, remains unknown to us.
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