 Russia says destroyed Ukraine's last warship. Russia's Defence Ministry said it had destroyed what it claimed was Ukraine's last warship. The landing ship Yuri Oleforenko was struck by high-precision Russian Aerospace Forces weaponry in the Black Sea port of Odessa on May 29th. The Defence Ministry said it was not immediately possible to verify Moscow's assertion and Kiev has not yet commented on the claim. The spokesperson for the Ukrainian naval forces declined to comment to the AFP news agency. The Yuri Oleforenko is a medium-sized landing ship for troops and vehicles. First named Kirovorod, the ship was renamed in 2016 in honor of a Ukrainian Marine killed near the southeastern port of Mariupol in 2015. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decorated its crew in June 2022. Ukraine's military said that heavy airstrikes had ignited a fire and damaged infrastructure at the port of Odessa, which is a key grain export hub in addition to its naval base. The Ukrainian military's southern command said it was determining the extent of the damage at the time.