Author: Rainbow Kursk
On the first day of the russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army claimed to have completely eliminated Ukraine's maritime power, and in the next dozen hours, the Ukrainian army only fired missiles from land to ships at sea a few times, and there was no information about the dispatch of warships.
Although the Ukrainian army claims that its navy is still "fighting" with the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the direction of Odessa and other directions, the discerning people know at a glance that the Ukrainian navy has long ceased to exist, at least its maritime fleet has been completely wiped out.
Photo: The Ukrainian Navy's "Viper" M gunboat before the war, followed by the flagship "Gerthman Sagaydashny".
Ukraine was once a Soviet shipbuilding base, and the Black Sea shipyard was even capable of building large aircraft carriers. But after the pro-Western government came to power, Ukraine itself ruined its own economy and the Black Sea shipyard closed.
After the Crimean crisis in 2014, 1/3 of the Ukrainian Navy's ships directly defected to Russia, making the already weak Ukrainian Navy even more vulnerable.
The current flagship of the Ukrainian Navy is a former Soviet-era KGB border patrol ship "Gerthman Sagaidakin" without anti-ship missiles, which, although known as a missile frigate, only has short-range anti-aircraft missiles and no offensive anti-ship missiles. The main force of the Ukrainian Navy, the "Viper" M-type armored gunboat, is equipped with anti-tank missiles, which are small things with a range of only a few kilometers at sea. Moreover, in the Kerch Strait incident a few years ago, several "viper" M armored gunboats of Ukraine were actually captured by the ships of the Russian border guards, and the combat effectiveness was almost zero!
Photo: The flagship of the Ukrainian Navy, "Goteman Sagaiddashny," formerly a patrol vessel of the Soviet KGB Border Service.
Picture: The full strength of the Ukrainian Navy before the outbreak of war, one large ship plus several small boats.
In fact, neither the flagship "Gatman Sagaydashny" nor the "Viper" M gunboat are the largest warships in the hands of the Ukrainian Navy.
Few people know that on the platform of the Ukrainian Black Sea Shipyard, there is also a cruiser of 10,000 tons , the "Ukraine"!
The Ukrainian is the fourth ship of the Soviet-era Glory-class guided-missile cruiser. The Glory class was the latest type of guided missile cruiser built before the collapse of the Soviet Union, originally planned to build 4, deployed with the Northern Fleet, the Baltic Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet and the Pacific Fleet, but when 3 were delivered, the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the 4th cruiser named "Ukraine" had completed 90% of the workload at the Black Sea Shipyard, and even weapons and radars had been equipped.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the cruiser was assigned to Ukraine. The Russian Black Sea Fleet, which was close at the time, also had a sister ship, the Moscow. If the "Ukraine" is in service, it will be a powerful combat force for the Ukrainian Navy.
Image: The guided-missile cruiser Moscow was the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet and the main force in the attack on Ukraine's Snake Island.
The cruiser "Ukraine" is designed with a full load displacement of 11,490 tons, has a strong single-ship comprehensive combat capability, missiles, artillery, torpedoes are not lacking, anti-ship, air defense, anti-submarine attack and defense.
It has 64 SA-N-6 long-range ship-to-air missiles, 2 twin SA-N-4 short-range ship-to-air missiles, 16 SS-N-12 supersonic anti-ship missiles, 1 AK-130 naval gun, AK-630 close-in guns, 533 mm anti-submarine torpedoes, RBU6000 anti-submarine deep missiles, Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopters, etc.
Like the Varyag aircraft carrier, although the completeness of this battleship is very high, under the flicker of the Americans, the Ukrainian government began to reduce and reduce all kinds of weapons and equipment, not only destroying all nuclear weapons, but also destroying all large surface ships. The Varyag was later sold to us as a Liaoning warship, but the Ukrainian was always in the shipyard to experience the wind and rain.
Photo: President Zelenskiy inspects the guided-missile cruiser "Ukraine" and plays a selfie with a beautiful woman.
After the election of the current Ukrainian president Zelenskiy, he had a little careful thinking, wanted to rebuild the cruiser, and also went to the shipyard to inspect, but at this time the "Ukraine" was already in ruins, and because there was no Great Cooperation of the Soviet Era, the equipment needed for the construction of the "Ukraine" could no longer be provided to Ukraine, so Zelenskiy finally decided to sell the battleship for money.
At the scene, Zelenskiy also happily took a selfie with a dark-haired beauty (his wife is blonde). The two had a lot of fun, and the "Ukraine" behind them would definitely shed tears if they had feelings.
Photo: Director Makarov accompanied the Soviet high-level to inspect the Black Sea shipyard, and two aircraft carriers were built at the same time, highlighting the moment.
Fortunately, The director of the Makarov Factory, who had devoted his life to the Black Sea Shipyard, had already died in 2002, and there was no need to look at these juniors for wasting his masterpiece!
The director of the Ukrainian shipyard with many fans in China is worthy of respect!
When asked how the Varyag could be built, Makarov replied: "The Soviet Union, the Central Committee of the CPSU, the State Planning Commission, the Military Industry Commission, 9 Ministries of Defense Industry, 600 related professions, 8,000 supporting manufacturers, in short, a great country is needed to complete him." This tragic sentence has won the admiration of Chinese netizens!
In contrast, Zelenskiy, who plays selfies with beautiful women in front of giant ships, is like a man who plays the modernization of national defense, and seems to have doomed ukraine under his leadership at that time!
Photo: The cruiser "Ukraine", which has been unable to be completed.