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Russian forces were planning to place an anti-aircraft missile system on the Sergey Kotov patrol vessel, reportedly destroyed on March 5, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The military intelligence agency confirmed earlier today that the Project 22160 patrol ship was hit by Ukrainian Magura V5 naval drones and sunk off the coast of occupied Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry is yet to comment on the incident. “This is a new ship worth more than $60 million. Ships of this type entered the service in 2017, and the enemy had pl…