In the war with Russia, Ukraine lost the Slavyansk patrol boat and the Genichesk raid minesweeper. Information about this first appeared on the President's website, later it was confirmed by the director of the Turn Back Alive Foundation Taras Chmut, who also told the details.

On August 24, news appeared on the President's website about the awarding of the Heroes of Ukraine by President Volodymyr Zelensky. The "

“I provided diving descents to search for the bodies of the crew of the Slavyansk patrol boat and the crew of the Genichesk raid minesweeper, as well as to search for and recover artillery weapons and communications,” the report says..

The ships were destroyed by cruise missiles launched by planes taking off from the Saki airfield near Novofedorivka in Russian-occupied Crimea.

“Since they wrote about it on the website of the Office of the President, we can’t hide it - in this war at sea, we lost the Slavyansk patrol boat and the Genichesk raid minesweeper.

Both were sunk while performing tasks by cruise missiles from Novofedorovka aircraft. For which they have already avenged, ”Chmut tweeted.

Since they wrote about it on the website of the Office of the President, then you can not hide it - in this war at sea, we lost the patrol boat Slavyansk and the raid minesweeper Genichesk. Both were sunk while performing tasks by cruise missiles from Novofedorovka aircraft. What has already been avenged. pic. twitter. com/z9zWHFwqcq.

— T (@TarasChmut) August 25, 2022.