According to some reports the 20 saylors who stayed behind on Olshansky
before being overrun managed to saborage the ship engine and electronics.
The Russians had to tow it to the pier and it looks like it will costs a
lot to make the vessel operational again. Some other reports indicate that
one out of the two engines on board had been out of oparation for about
two years. The Ukrainian Navy has never had money to fix it. Most likely
the Russians will have to decomission the ship.
On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Olena Boyko wrote:
> In the fall of 1996, Olshanskyi and Sahaidachnyi visited Norfolk Naval Base
> in Virginia as guests of the US Navy.� They had a very rouigh Atlantic
> crossing and were the first and only (as far as I know) ex-Soviet ships to
> anchor in an American base.� Those of us priveleged to visit can still
> remember that warm good black bread the baker on Olshanskyi gifted to us
> from the diaspora.�
> �
> Both captains were true patriots and it is a shame that they had to leave
> the service due to the politicking in Kyiv.� These are the professional type
> of officers, two among hundreds,�that unwillingly resigned their commissions
> and now Ukraine feels their loss.
> �
> �
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Anubis
> To: politics
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 2:04 PM
> Subject: [politics] feodosia, etc.
>
> http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/in-pre-dawn-raid-one-of-last-ukrain
> ian-military-bases-in-crimea-falls-to-russians-today-340559.html
>
> Euromaidan in English�shared�Oleksii Tamrazov's�photo.
>
> An attack at Ukrainian ship Olshanskyi is going on. Several reports
> say Russians overpowered the remaining 20 Ukrainian marines protecting
> the ship.
>
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