Nothing left now - went in March with the invasion of Crimea.
The Russian Navy said Saturday that it took over Ukraine’s only submarine, based in Sevastopol, Crimea.
It is now part of Russia’s historic Black Sea Fleet and brings the number of Russian subs stationed in the Crimean peninsula to four.
But this ship is barely sea-worthy, so it’s far from a steal for the Russian defense department.
The St.Andrew’s flag of the Russian Navy was raised on the Zaporizhzhia submarine today, which was commissioned back in 1970 and is considered outdated.
Captain Anatoly Varochkin, the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet’s submarine unit, told RIA Novosti that half of the Zaporizhzhia’s crew, including the sub’s captain, left for Ukraine while the remainder of the vessel’s crew will reportedly serve the Russian navy. Law enforcement authorities in Crimea have released from duties Sergei Gaiduk, the commander of the Ukrainian navy, along with seven others detained Wednesday in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, the KrymInform news agency reported Thursday.
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