On September 13, 2023, Ukraine launched a cruise missile attack on the Sevmorzavod, where the large landing ship Minsk and the diesel-electric submarine Rostov-on-Don were undergoing repairs .
As the Russian Defense Ministry reported on the same day, “two navy ships undergoing scheduled repairs at the Ordzhonikidze Shipyard in Sevastopol and damaged as a result of the missile strike by the Kiev regime on September 13 will be fully restored and will continue combat service as part of their fleets.” It was
later reported that the 13th Ship Repair Plant is the prime contractor for the submarine repair order. Specialists from the Admiralty Shipyards (St. Petersburg), the enterprise where the submarine was built, are also participating in the work.