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| Armed Forces of Ukraine again tried to attack a ship of the Russian Navy with an unmanned boat |
| 2023-08-03 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) tried to attack a Russian Navy ship with a sea unmanned boat, which was escorting civilian maritime transport in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said on August 2. “Tonight, the Kiev regime made another attempt to attack a ship of the Russian Navy, which was escorting civilian maritime transport in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, with a sea unmanned boat,” he said. Konashenkov noted that due to the professional actions of the crew of the Russian ship, the Ukrainian boat was detected and destroyed in a timely manner. As IA Regnum reported , the previous attack on Russian ships in the Black Sea took place on the night of August 1. The Ministry of Defense clarified that the Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully tried to attack the patrol ships "Sergey Kotov" and "Vasily Bykov" of the Black Sea Fleet with three unmanned boats. Russian ships carried out tasks to control navigation in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, 340 km southwest of Sevastopol. Earlier, on July 27, the FSB stopped an attempt by the Ukrainian special services to organize a terrorist attack on a ship of the Black Sea Fleet, equipped with high-precision missile weapons. On the fact of preparing a terrorist attack and transferring data to the Ukrainian side, a Russian Navy serviceman was detained. Two improvised explosive devices with a capacity of one kg of TNT were confiscated from him. |
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