Враги его не потопили — он справился без них. Адмирал Кузнецов!

The enemy didn't sink it—it managed without them. Admiral Kuznetsov! Russia's only aircraft carrier, in 40 years of service, failed to achieve a single victory over an enemy—but it lost two of its own aircraft in 21 days, suffered three fires, lost its crew, and nearly sank along with the only dock capable of handling it. The story of how a ship, hijacked from Ukraine overnight and ridiculed throughout Europe, became a symbol of the most notorious failure in the history of the modern navy. And how its twin sister, at the same time, was conquering the Pacific Ocean for China. Music used in the video: Eyes of Glory by Aakash Gandhi, Duty Calls by Rod Kim. Photos taken from archive.org and are publicly available.