The demagnetizing vessel "

This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny on Facebook.

According to some information, the cause of the accident was an unknown object that the ship ran into..

The accident occurred this morning during a scheduled training session for the crew of a Ukrainian vessel. According to the latest information, several compartments are flooded on the ship..

Rescue operations are complicated by meteorological conditions, the wave height now exceeds 2 meters, and the wind speed is 10 m / s.

" The operation involved ships and boats in the amount of eight units and four aircraft units, "