MOSCOW, May 24 (Reuters) – The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday the ocean reconnaissance vessel Ivan Hurs was attacked by three Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea, without sustaining any damage.
In a statement published on Telegram messaging, the ministry specifies that the Russian navy boat was sailing some 140 km northeast of the Bosphorus Strait, where its mission was to protect the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas pipelines which transport gas. natural Russian in Turkey.
“All the enemy (drones) were destroyed by fire from the armament on board a Russian ship,” said the Ministry of Defense. (Written by Reuters, French version Tangi Salaün, editing by Kate Entringer)
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