Russia-Ukraine War: this is the drone attack to sink two Russian patrol boats near the island of Serpents
68 days after the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported on Monday his drones sunk two Russian patrol boats sailing near the island of Serpents, in the Black Sea.
They made it to Bayraktars, some Turkish drones capable of conducting this type of operation are remotely controlled and used by the government of Volodimir Zelenski to defend his country from Russian aggression.
“Two Russian Raptor ships were destroyed this morning near Snake Island,” Ukrainian authorities said in a statement released on social media.
Photos of the sinking of a Russian ship. Photo Reuters
They also released black-and-white aerial images show explosion of one of the military vehicles from above, and a video showing the exact moment of the sinking.
It lasts 17 seconds and records when the Ukrainian defense saw the target and shot one of the ships, causing a large ball of fire to spread into the sky and the subsequent sinking of the ship.
In this regard, the commander of the country’s Armed Forces Valeri Zaluzhni said: “Bayraktar works”confirmed as referring to concrete action.
The sunken speedboats, known as “Raptors,” were patrol boats used by the Russians that could carry three crew and 20 passengers.
According to the AFP agency, they usually are equipped with machine guns and used in operations reconnaissance or landing.
The sinking of the ships came less than a month after Ukraine caused an explosion on the ship Moskva, a symbol of the powerful Russian Navy.
The first photos of what will be the sinking of Moskva, the flagship of the Russian navy, have appeared on Twitter in the waters of the Black Sea. Photo: Twitter.
The episode includes Russia’s flagship cruiser
Moskva, the pride of Putin’s Navy, exploded in the Black Sea in the early hours of April 14. Although at first it was only realized that it was badly damaged, only a few days later authorities confirmed that it had finally sunk. the boat.
As reported from kyiv, the ship was hit by two Ukrainian-made anti-ship missiles. The governor of the Odessa region, Maxime Martchenko, told news agencies at the time that “Neptune missiles protecting the Black Sea caused major damage to that Russian ship.”
The Moskva cruiser is the crown jewel of the Russian Navy. Built in 1979 at Mikolayiv shipyards (now in Ukraine) and in use since 1983, its length is 186 meters, its maximum speed 32 knots, its 12,500 tons and its 16 Vulcan anti-ship cruise missiles with range of more than 600 kilometers they made him a powerful war machine.
At the beginning of the war Moskva was entrusted to take over the small Snake Island, where there were 13 Ukrainian soldiers.
Its loss, in a Black Sea-like scenario that has full control of Russia’s fleet and against a country without a Navy worthy of the name, is a disgrace for Moscow. A symbolic victory for the Ukrainians.
Source: Clarin