Ukraine's Defense Intelligence intercepted a video of a Russian patrol ship carrying out an attack in the Black Sea.
On Tuesday, a Russian cruiser was attacked and sunk in the Black Sea, another defeat for Moscow's Black Sea fleet, the Ukrainian army claimed. According to Kiev, Russia's Black Sea Navy has shrunk by more than 1 3 from the beginning of the war to now.
According to Ukraine's defense intelligence, the attack was carried out by a US military drone on board a 1,300-t Russian patrol ship "Yao Min" in the Kerch Strait, which is under the command of the 13th Detachment of its special operations force. The Kerch Strait connects Crimea to the southwestern coast of Russia.
"During this mission, damage was caused to the stern, stern and port side of the unmanned Russian 22160 patrol vessel 'Yao Min' by the unmanned MAGUR**5 of the United States," the report said. "The attack caused a fire on the ship, which was later confirmed by the Ukrainian army that it had been destroyed.
The military exercise was jointly carried out by the Ukrainian Navy with the support of the Department of Digital Reform of Ukraine.
Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine's defense intelligence agency, told Euroradio FreeBroadcast:"Although Yao Min had been attacked before, this time we were certain that the ship had been completely blown up. "
In the video released by Ukraine's defense intelligence, a fire broke out on a 1,300-ton Russian patrol ship "Yao Min". Compared to the recent losses on the front line, the Ukrainian Black Sea campaign is a rare strategic victory for Kyiv. The information organization of the Ukrainian military said on Telegram that Russia was "badly damaged" by an unmanned aircraft before it was sunk. On the Russian side, there were a total of twenty-four warships, one submarine. Russia's biggest defeat in this battle was its attack on the missile cruise ship Moskva in April this year.
*: Sergei Koyov.
The newest ** of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Yao Min ". The ship was already commissioned on the same day and will be united with the Black Sea Navy of Russia in the near future.
The Russian news agency reported that the ship has a range of 91 meters, a range of 6,000 miles, a crew of 80, and is armed with a cannon of 57 mm caliber, as well as advanced air defense. According to information from Ukraine, the ship cost 65 million dollars.