April 24, 2000 years during a scheduled exercise of the Russian Black Sea fleet ships, cruise anti-ship missile "Progress" (start is an onshore complex 845-th shelve a missile from Cape Chersonese) instead target got into the Ukrainian cargo and passenger ship "Vereshchagino", commits a flight Istanbul-Skadovsk. Crew, which was closed to navigation in the Black Sea area 30 miles from Lake Donuzlav, escaped with slight fright: the missile was inert filling (without warhead). The rocket punched right through the add-in only 50-metre vessel is centered. Fortunately, there were no casualties, the fire and the ship lost speed and stayed afloat. The only survivor, a crew member who was injured in the legs, was promptly evacuated missile boat BLACK SEA FLEET in Ukraine's Naval Hospital in the village of Novoozernyy in the evening, and taken to the Naval Hospital Russia BLACK SEA FLEET in Sevastopol, where he provided quality medical care.(In photo, left aboard a rocket punched) Photo taken at Black Sea near the port of Odessa in 25/04/ 2000. Particulars HERE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Vereshchagino http://soviet-trawler.narod.ru/pages/ussr/list_of_vasiliy_yakovenko.html http://soviet-trawler.narod.ru/pages/ussr/vasiliy_yakovenko.html Photo by Aleksandr Кuzеnкоv.http://fakty.ua/113397-prinyav-ukrainskij-teplohod-quot-verecshagino-quot-za-uchebnuyu-cel-rossijskie-voennye-nakryli-ego-raketoj