Ukrainian drones strike Russian vessel in Dagestan nearly 1,000 km from front – photos, video
Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, has published a video showing the strike on a Russian patrol boat near Kaspiysk in Russia.
Source: Brovdi on Facebook
Details: The strike was carried out by drone operators from the 1st Separate Centre of the Unmanned Systems Forces on the night of 16-17 May. The unit explained that the vessel was hit 986 km from the line of combat engagement, near Kaspiysk in the Republic of Dagestan.
In the video released by the Unmanned Systems Forces, the boat fires back at the drone while moving through the water, but the Ukrainian UAV managed to approach and strike the target.
The Project 10410 border patrol vessel (code name "Svetlyak") is a third-rank ship intended for guarding territorial waters. The Russians use it for patrol operations and for countering surface targets and aerial threats in coastal areas, the 1st Separate Centre said.
Brovdi also reported that the following Russian assets and facilities were struck by Unmanned Systems Forces operators in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine:
- Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system in Zakhidne, Luhansk Oblast
- strategic protected communications hub of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Myrnyi, occupied Crimea
- fuel train in Fedorivka, Donetsk Oblast
- port cranes in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- gathering of Russian command staff in Shakhtarsk, Donetsk Oblast
- command post of Russia's 9th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast
- ground control station and logistics depot in Selydove, Donetsk Oblast
- command post of Russia's 103rd Motorised Rifle Regiment of the 150th Motorised Rifle Division of the 8th Army in Bunhe, Donetsk Oblast
- telecommunications towers in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
"During the nights of 16 and 17 May, the birds [drones] of the Unmanned Systems Forces carried out 186 fire strikes against 46 military targets and facilities in the rear areas and temporarily occupied Crimea, as well as Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk oblasts," Brovdi wrote.
Background:
- On the night of 6-7 May, Ukraine's defence forces struck a Karakurt-class small missile ship, which is capable of launching Kalibr cruise missiles.
- The Special Operations Forces also previously reported on a Karakurt-class missile boat struck in the Baltic Sea during an attack on the port of Primorsk on the night of 2-3 May.
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