The Ukrainian Navy struck Russian boats guarding the Kerch Bridge in occupied Crimea early on Thursday, April 30.
“The forces and means of the Ukrainian Navy inflicted damage on the Russian naval fleet in the Kerch Strait area,” the Navy said in a Telegram statement.
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According to the report, the strike hit the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) patrol boat Sobol and the anti-sabotage boat Grachonok.
“As a result of the strike, the enemy suffered irrecoverable and sanitary losses,” the statement added.
The Navy said the vessels are key units of the Coast Guard of the Border Service of FSB and the Russian Navy, used to guard the Kerch Bridge and counter sabotage operations.
“This is another example of the effective work of the Ukrainian Navy and the consistent reduction of the enemy’s capabilities in the Black Sea,” the statement said.
A short video released by the Navy appears to show the moment of the strike from naval drones, but Kyiv Post could not independently verify the time or location of the footage.
Notably, a unit of the Ukrainian Navy struck the sanctioned tanker Marquise with naval drones near Tuapse on April 29, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.
The Cameroon-flagged vessel, with a capacity of over 37,000 tons, was drifting without cargo about 210 km (130 miles) from Russian Tuapse with its Automatic Identification System (AIS) turned off, likely awaiting a ship-to-ship transfer.
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