Chinese media

Chinese media report that on August 16, a fire broke out on the former Soviet heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Minsk of Project 1143, moored near Nantong on the Yangtze River. The fire started at about 16:00 during work to dismantle some structures; attempts by firefighters to extinguish the fire were unsuccessful, and on the night of August 17, the ship was already blazing with a bright flame. "Minsk" was withdrawn from the Pacific Fleet in 1993, and at the end of 1995 it was sold for scrapping to South Korea and towed to Pohang, but in 1998 it was purchased by a Chinese company and towed to Shenzhen, where since 2000 . was exhibited as the main object of the Minsk World amusement park. The park changed hands several times