Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov" in English language version.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)All told, Vasiliy Bykov's claimed destruction at the hands of a Ukrainian rocket artillery battery is exactly the kind of morale-boosting story of plucky underdog determination and resourcefulness that, especially with the additional Snake Island connection, one might want to be true. However, the ship's apparent reappearance in Crimea unscathed suggests that it is not.