"Vereshchagino" survived a direct hit by a P-35 Progress anti-ship missile fired by Russian Navy from a city located on which peninsula ?
MS Vereshchagino MV "Vereshchagino" is a Ukrainian, former Soviet medium trawler (seiner to be exact), built in 1978 and later converted to coastal passenger shipping. It was one of 345 ships of "Vasily Yakovenko" (project 502EM) class, which was built in Kiev from 1971 to 2000. On April 24, 2000, "Vereshchagino" survived a direct hit by a P-35 Progress anti-ship missile fired by Russian Navy from Sevastopol. There were no fatalities, one seaman was wounded by splinters.
Isthmus of Perekop The Isthmus of Perekop (Ukrainian: Перекопський перешийок ; translit. "Perekops'kyy pereshyyok"; Russian: Перекопский перешеек ; translit. "Perekopskiy peresheek" Crimean Tatar: Or boynu , Turkish: "Orkapı" ; ; translit. "Taphros") is the narrow, 5 – wide strip of land that connects the Crimean Peninsula to the mainland of Ukraine. The isthmus is located between the Black Sea to the west and the Sivash to the east. The isthmus takes its name of Perekop from the Tatar fortress of Or Qapi.