Key takeaways:
- The Russian Ministry of Defense reported an attack on a Russian warship at the Novorossiysk naval base on the Black Sea.
- The attack was allegedly carried out by two Ukrainian sea drones, which were destroyed.
- The incident marks the second night in a row that Ukraine has shot down Russian drones, and the extent of the damage to the Russian warship is still unknown.
A Russian warship was damaged in an attack by Ukrainian sea drones on Friday, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The attack occurred at the Novorossiysk naval base on the Black Sea, one of Russia’s largest ports.
The Ministry of Defense claimed that two unmanned sea drones were used in the attack, and that both had been destroyed. However, videos shared on social media and a Ukrainian intelligence source suggested that one of the Russian warships had been damaged.
The attack forced a temporary halt to all ship movement at the port. On Saturday, a Russian Navy landing ship, the Olenegorsky Gornyak, was seen being tugged to shore after apparently being damaged in the attack.
The incident marks the second night in a row that Ukraine has shot down Russian drones launched on Kyiv. It is unclear what the motivation behind the attack was, but tensions between the two countries have been high since the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia.
The Russian Defense Ministry has yet to comment on the incident, and the extent of the damage to the Olenegorsky Gornyak is still unknown. It is also unclear if there were any casualties.
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