The diesel-electric submarine Zaporizhzhya, project 641, which earlier formed part of Ukraine’s Navy, is out of order and will not be used by the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the Russian Navy Main Staff told the Interfax-AVN news agency on Saturday.
The Voice of Russia: Russian Black Sea Fleet gives up Ukrainian submarine Zaporizhzhya
The crew of the Zaporizhzhya submarine has been offered military service as part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which is due to get six new submarines shortly.