Crimea Naval Drone Attack Destroys Russia's Newest $65M Patrol Ship

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Post At: Mar 05/2024 03:50PM

Ukrainian forces destroyed the Russian Black Sea Fleet's newest patrol ship, the Sergey Kotov, using naval drones in an overnight attack, Kyiv's military intelligence said.

Kyiv said the operation was carried out by soldiers of Ukraine's Group 13 special forces near the Kerch Strait.

"As a result of the attack by Magura V5 naval drones, the Russian ship of project 22160 'Sergey Kotov' suffered damage to the stern, right and left sides," Ukraine's military intelligence said in a post on Telegram.

According to the Unian news agency, Russia's newest Project 22160 patrol ship cost around 65 million dollars to build and has a crew capacity of 80, though it is currently unclear how many people were on board.

The ship was previously reported to have been used by Russia in the enforcement of its Black Sea blockade on Ukrainian grain exports.

This is a breaking news story and it will be updated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov at the Naval Base of Black Sea Fleet on September 23, 2014 in Novorossiysk, Russia. Russia can still strike at Ukraine from the eastern parts of... Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov at the Naval Base of Black Sea Fleet on September 23, 2014 in Novorossiysk, Russia. Russia can still strike at Ukraine from the eastern parts of the Black Sea, but it is "increasingly evident that the defensive posture adopted to mitigate against Ukraine's non-conventional approach to maritime warfare is not working as intended," the British Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images

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