Kamikaze Drones Blow Up Russian Tug after Dodging Crimea's Naval Defenses

Ukrainian intelligence published a video on Thursday that purportedly shows the moment Kyiv's forces destroyed a Russian tugboat near annexed Crimea using naval kamikaze drones.

"Maritime strike. All hits on target. Minus one more enemy ship," Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) spokesperson Andriy Yusov said during a national broadcast.

The HUR said one of its units successfully attacked and destroyed the Russian tugboat "Saturn."

"On June 6, a special unit of the 9th Department of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine off the coast of the temporarily occupied Crimea successfully struck a Russian raid tugboat of the Project 498 Saturn or Protey," the statement said.

"Another ship belonging to the Russian invaders was destroyed," it said.

"The destructive fire damage was inflicted after a successful breakthrough of the Russian line of defensive barriers in the Black Sea," the HUR added.

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