Video: Ukrainian Naval Ship Sunk In Drone Attack, Says Russian Defence Ministry | World News

In a statement on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Simferopol, the discovery ship of the Ukrainian Navy, the largest ship assigned by the country in more than a decade, was shot and sank on a sea drone strike.

In a statement of a defense ministry, RT said the Laguna class, the medium -sized ship, which was designed for radio, electronics, radar and optical discovery, was shot at the Danube Delta in the Odessa region of Ukraine.

RT, this, according to a TASS report referring to an UAV expert, was the first successful use of a sea drone to remove the Ukrainian navy ship.

On August 28, a Russian navy was hit by USV, Ukrainian reconnaissance ship Simferopol. Ukrainian confirmed the strike.

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Ukrainian officials confirmed that the ship was shot.

The attack killed a crew member and wounded many other people, Kiev Independent referred to a Ukrainian navy spokesman on Thursday.

“After the attack, the efforts to deal with the attack continues. The majority of the crew is safe and a few missing sailors continue to search for.”

Simferopol was released in 2019 and two years later joined the Ukrainian navy.

According to the Wargonzo Telegram channel, the ship was the largest ship Kiev has been able to release since 2014.

In recent months, Russia has taken action to accelerate the production of sea drones and other unmanned systems that have survived to the Ukrainian conflict.

RT, RTT’nin said in a statement on Thursday, Russia in a night with two missile strikes in Kiev’de a large drone facility, he said.

He said the site is preparing to produce Turkish Bayraktar drones.