Nikita Shenderovskyi14:52, 07/03/24

The Russian himself was a serviceman of the Baltic Fleet with access to state secrets.

The details of the “extraordinary situation” on the small missile ship “Serpukhov” in the city of Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region in April 2024 have become known.

As a Russian with the call sign “Goga” told Ukrinform during a press conference, in December 2023 he contacted the “Freedom of Russia” Legion, which is fighting the Putin regime on the side of Ukraine.

“They contacted me, discussed my further actions – what I can give to the “Legion”, how I can be useful. Any person who turns to the “Legion” – there will be a job for him, no matter what he does – to perform operations, in the information field will provide intelligence. It turned out that a sabotage operation was suitable for me. I set fire to the premises on the ship. I took the secret documents with me and left the territory of the Russian Federation,” Goga said. .

According to him, “this was a joint operation of the Legion “Freedom of Russia” and the “I want to live” project. “Now I am in Ukraine, I will soon complete training, I will start fighting the Putin regime with weapons in my hands,” he said.

“Goga” also shared that he used to be a serviceman of the Baltic Fleet and had access to state secrets. When the full-scale invasion began, the man tried to convince his colleagues that Russia was wrong. However, he did not receive support then.

Subsequently, “Goga” tried to leave the fleet, but the management did not allow him to do so. He also decided to side with Ukraine in the war against Putin’s regime.

“This show of resistance shows that there are still many free people in Russia who are ready to overthrow Putin’s regime. Some of them are fighting in Russian volunteer units, and some are resisting and weakening our common enemy inside the Russian Federation,” the Legion “Freedom of Russia” added. .

Missile ship “Sierpukhov” was set on fire – what is known

“Serpukhov” is a Russian ship of project 21631 “Buyan-M”, which Russia launched in 2015. At the beginning of April 2024, it was reported that the missile ship “Serpukhov” was on fire in the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation . At the same time, it was noted that as a result of the fire, the ship received significant damage. It was not specified what caused the fire.

Subsequently, the GUR commented on the situation, noting that due to a fire inside the missile ship, its means of communication and automation were completely destroyed. They also added that it will take a long time to restore the combat capability of “Serpukhov”. However, at that time the GUR did not confirm Ukraine’s involvement in the fire on the Russian missile ship.

Subsequently, GUR was informed that although the ship did not take part in the Russian-Ukrainian war, Moscow planned to transfer it to the Black Sea due to the loss of combat capability of the Black Sea Fleet.

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