Ukraine reportedly launched another kamikaze drone attack this week, destroying a Russian naval vessel. RadarOnline.com learned – and it was captured on video.
In a sudden development that would come after Ukraine stepped up its kamikaze drone attacks against Russia amid the ongoing war between the two nations, it was revealed that Kiev had attacked and successfully hit a Russian tugboat.
The attack, captured in a black and white video obtained by The sunshowed the shadowy figure of a tugboat crew member before the drone sped toward the ship.
A video feed of the attack reportedly lost connection shortly afterwards.
Ukraine's Directorate of Military Intelligence GUR later reported that the drone successfully destroyed the Russian tugboat off the coast of Crimea.
The attack was reportedly part of Ukraine's ongoing targeting efforts Vladimir PutinThe Black Sea Fleet – efforts that first began in February 2022, when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
According to Ukraine, the war-torn country is still trying to reverse Putin's 2014 annexation of Crimea – especially as Crimea currently serves as a crucial logistics hub for Russian forces in southern Ukraine.
The main spokesperson of the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate, Andri Yusovconfirmed the surprise maritime attack in a statement released Thursday.
“Maritime strike,” Yusov said during a broadcast. “All hits on target. Minus one more enemy ship.”
Ukraine's GUR military intelligence confirmed the maritime attack in another statement released this week.
“A special unit of the 9th Department of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, off the coast of temporarily occupied Crimea, launched a successful attack on the Russian attack tug,” the directorate said, according to The Sun..
“As a result of the operation in the waters of Lake Panskoye,” the statement continued, “another ship of the Russian invaders was destroyed.”
“The devastating fire defeat was inflicted after the successful breakthrough of the occupiers' defense line in the waters of the Black Sea.”
“At the beginning of the large-scale invasion, control of the Black Sea gave Russia significant advantages – including fire control over the Ukrainian coast and the ability to block our trade routes,” the general explained last month.
“That is why President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has given us a task: put an end to Russian dominance in the Black Sea,” the Ukrainian general continued. “Unmanned surface vehicles have changed the course of naval warfare.”
