 In 1996 it was commissioned and given a number U-401 Kirovohrad.In 1998-2002 U401 was repaired at the Metallist Shiprepair Factory in Balaklava and once again in 2012-2013 at the Black Sea Shipyard in Mykolaiv.At the start of the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, on 21 March 2014 Kirovohrad was surrendered to unmarked Russian naval personnel at the Donuzlav lake along with minesweeper "Chernihiv".