The SBU said the submarine carried four Kalibr cruise missile launchers used to strike Ukrainian territory. It suffered critical damage and was effectively put out of action, the service said. There was no immediate comment from Russia on the Ukrainian claim. The SBU made its announcement amid a flurry of diplomatic activity as United States, European and Ukrainian officials held talks in Berlin on a US plan to end Russia's war on its neighbour.
Now, in effect, there is hardly any Russia n naval presence in the Mediterranean left. There's a lone and broken Russia n submarine limping home from patrol. What a change from the 1984 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October. Today, it seems more like the hunt for the nearest mechanic.