Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday “the destruction” of the Askold, a major Russian ship, at the Kerch shipyard in annexed Ukrainian Crimea, two days after his army said it had carried out “successful” strikes in this area.
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“I thank everyone who contributed to the destruction of the Russian ship at the Kerch shipyard,” he said in his daily address posted on social media.