Serpukhov is a Russian ship of Project 21631 Buyan-M, launched in 2015.
Ukrainian intelligence officers have disabled another Russian warship. This time not in the Black Sea, but in the Baltic Sea. On April 7, a fire broke out on the Russian small missile ship Serpukhov of Project 21631, stationed at the naval base in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region, destroying communications and automation equipment.
Special operation
The fire was the result of a successful special operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. Ukrainian intelligence said the ship was disabled and published photos of its layout and the moment the fire started.
The Main Intelligence Directorate said that Serpukhov is a ship of Project 21631 Buyan-M, which was launched in 2015. Its restoration, according to intelligence data, will take many hours.
Baltic Fleet
The Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country, Russia, said the Serpukhov was equipped with the Kalibr-NK long-range missile system. In total, there were 11 ships equipped with Calibers in the aggressor’s Baltic Fleet. In 2016, the department boasted that Serpukhov launched Calibers against the Jabhat al-Nusra group in Syria.
The Russians also claim that the ship can hit both sea and land targets, and thanks to the “special coating of the hull” and the “special design of the planes” it is not very noticeable in sea In total, the aggressor country has 11 Project 21631 ships.
Serpukhov was built at the Zelenodolsk shipyard named Gorky and received an increased displacement (949 tons). Until the end of 2016, the ship was in Sevastopol as part of the Black Sea Fleet, then it was sent to the Baltic Fleet.
In September 2023, Rochan Consulting reported that the Baltic Fleet, against the backdrop of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, became unable to conduct large-scale offensive landing operations.
Source: korrespondent
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