Ukraine's only submarine, the Zaporizhia, has successfully made its first dive and is ready to continue performance trials, according to the naval command.
"The trial dive of the vessel has been successful. According to a special commission, the submarine is completely controllable, which is the most important thing," the acting commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Vice Admiral Yuriy Ilyin said after the test dive in Sevastopol on Wednesday.
The sea trials will last for three days.
"We do not doubt that the sea trials of the Zaporizhia submarine will be successful and the submarine will enter the fleet," Ilyin said.
As reported, on April 25 this year, the Zaporizhia started its first stage of testing. Besides, the submarine took part in the Russian-Ukrainian joint naval drills, the Farvater Mira 2012 (Fairway of Peace), in Sevastopol.
The diesel-electric submarine became a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 1997 after the division of the Black Sea Fleet of the former Soviet Union.
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