Three attacks with sea drones?
Moscow: Another attack on warships repelled
08/01/2023 10:36 am
Tensions in the Black Sea have increased since the Grains Agreement was cancelled. Now the Ukrainians are said to have attacked the Russian fleet again without success. Moscow announced that three sea drones had been destroyed.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet has fended off three attacks by Ukrainian sea drones on its ships, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow. Ukraine tried to attack the patrol ships “Sergei Kotov” and “Vasily Bykov” with the unmanned explosive boats. The ministry in Moscow announced that the three objects had been destroyed by the onboard weapons of the Russian ships.
The corvettes continue to carry out their patrols in the Black Sea around 340 kilometers southwest of the port city of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia. According to the ministry, there was only an attempted attack on the “Kotow” on July 25.
Tensions in the Black Sea have increased since Russia canceled the agreement to ship grain from Ukrainian ports. According to Western intelligence services, the modern “Kotov” patrols between the Bosphorus and the Ukrainian port of Odessa – as part of a Russian naval blockade. However, three freighters ignored the blockade and headed for the Ukraine without incident.
“Ukrainian own production”
In mid-July, Moscow withdrew its security guarantees for a grain corridor to Türkiye. Instead, all ships calling at Ukrainian ports would be considered as carrying military cargo, it said. As a result, Ukraine also announced that it would take action against ships calling at Russian-controlled ports in the Black Sea.
Ukraine has repeatedly used sea drones against Russian naval ships and allegedly also against the bridge to the Crimean Peninsula, which was annexed by Russia. The watercraft are said to be a Ukrainian in-house production. The US television channel CNN showed at the weekend remote-controlled motor boats that can deliver 300 kilograms of explosives to targets 800 kilometers away at up to 80 kilometers per hour on water. Ukraine has been defending itself against Russian war of aggression for more than 17 months.