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Pletenchuk: Russia Has Never Built Aircraft Carriers, and the only Ship of This Class Was Stolen From Ukraine

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Pletenchuk: Russia has never built aircraft carriers, and the only ship of this class was stolen from Ukraine. The spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy, Dmitry Pletenchuk, said that Russia has not built a single aircraft carrier, and the only one available, the Admiral Kuznetsov, was stolen from Ukraine. The ship has become a burden for the Russian Federation due to the lack of technologies for its maintenance and repair.
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Pletenchuk: Russia has never built aircraft carriers, and the only ship of this class was stolen from Ukraine. The spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy, Dmitry Pletenchuk, said that Russia has not built a single aircraft carrier, and the only one available, the Admiral Kuznetsov, was stolen from Ukraine. The ship has become a burden for the Russian Federation due to the lack of technologies for its maintenance and repair.

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Russia has never built a single aircraft carrier in its entire existence, since the only ship of this class that the Russians currently have, the Admiral Kuznetsov, was stolen from Ukraine by the Kremlin. But this theft did not bring happiness to the Russians - the ship became a burden, not an asset. This was stated by the spokesman for the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Pletenchuk, RBK-Ukraine reports with reference to the t…

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