The tug of the Russian Black Sea Fleet "Vasily Bekh", which was hit by the Ukrainian military the day before, sank.
This was announced in an evening address on June 17 by the head of the Odesa Oblast Military Administration Maksym Marchenko.
The tug of the Black Sea Fleet transported ammunition and personnel to Snake Island. It had an anti-aircraft missile system "TOR" on board. The Ukrainian military struck the tug on the morning of June 17.
- The tug "Vasily Bekh" was built at the Astrakhan shipyard. Its displacement is 1,605 tons. The tug was accepted into the Russian Black Sea Fleet in 2017.