In the course of two years, Ukraine has managed to neutralize Russia’s Black Sea Fleet and reopen its shipping lanes. All achieved practically without a navy.
Shocking footage showed the ship ablaze as rescue vessels - including a surfaced submarine - descended on the scene just off the coast of resort city Alupka.
US spies have been helping Ukraine s military with intelligence about the movements of its Kremlin invaders, and at least eight generals have been killed.