The Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has released a video showing the beginning of a fire inside the interior compartments of the Serpukhov small missile ship of the Buyan-M project, which was located at the naval base in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast.
"The fire inside the missile ship completely destroyed its communication and automation systems," the statement reads. The video captures the start of the fire in the cluttered cabin or possibly on the deck. The events themselves occurred yesterday, April 7th.
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It is worth noting that although automated fire suppression systems and crew efforts were expected to contain the fire, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine reported that the ship has been disabled for an extended period, indicating that something went amiss.
Moreover, it is one thing if it happened somewhere in occupied Crimea or in Novorossiysk, but in this case, the events occurred in the Baltic Fleet.
Serpukhov, a small missile ship of Project 21631 Buyan-M, was formerly part of the Black Sea Fleet until the end of 2016.
Since 2017, it has been integrated into the Baltic Fleet, where it is one of the 11 ships equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles.
Because of the fire, the small missile ship of Project 21631 Buyan-M was disabled for an extended period.
It is worth noting that the announcement from the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine is quite intriguing: "Thunder knows no bounds. To be continued!"
Earlier Defense Express reported that recently, the Ukrainian military targeted large landing ships in Crimea, namely Yamal and Azov.
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