Ukraine has struck a navy vessel stolen by Russia during the occupation of Crimea, Kyiv has said, Ednews reports citing Independent.
Dmytro Pletenchuk, Ukraine navy spokesman, said his country’s forces hit the Olshansky landing ship with a missile.
“Currently, this ship is not combat-capable,” Mr Pletenchuk said on national television. There was no immediate comment from Russia.
Russia took the Konstantin Olshansky from Ukraine, along with most of Kyiv’s navy when its troops occupied the Crimean peninsula in 2014.
“It had gone through a renovation and was being prepared for use against Ukraine, so unfortunately the decision was taken to strike this (ship),” Mr Pletenchuk said.
He added that a Ukrainian-made Neptune anti-ship missile was used for this.