Russians used their Black Sea Fleet's rescue ship Kommuna, struck by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) on April 21, in various operations, including the retrieval of vital components at the location where the Russian cruiser Moskva sank, Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said in an interview with Radio Svoboda on April 22.
Commented Ukraine Naval Forces official spokesman Dmitro Pletenchuk of the hit on Kommuna: “This will keep happening until the Russians run out of ships.”
A Russian salvage ship, the Kommuna, caught fire in the port of the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol, Crimea, due to an operation by the Ukrainian Navy on 21 April. Source: Captain 3rd Rank Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, in a comment for Ukrainska Pravda Quote: "This event occurred with the direct involvement of the Ukrainian Navy.