MS Vereshchagino is a Ukrainian, former Soviet medium trawler, built in 1978 and later converted to coastal general cargo 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.