Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces and Security Service hit Russian missile-carrying corvette in Kronstadt – video

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have reported striking the Russian corvette Boiky, a carrier of missile weaponry, at the Kronstadt naval base in Russia's Leningrad Oblast.

Source: Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, USF Commander; SSU

Details: The SSU stated that Ukrainian drones had struck the naval base in Kronstadt and that the results of the strike and the scale of damage inflicted are being assessed.

Quote from Magyar: "The birds of the 1st Operational Centre of the Unmanned Systems Forces have hunted down and set ablaze the corvette Boiky, a carrier of guided missile weapons."

More details: Magyar stated that the vessel, which has been undergoing scheduled repairs in the Veleshchinsky dry dock in Kronstadt since February, was struck at 06:35.

Magyar noted that the Project 20380 corvette Boiky is the third corvette of Russia's Baltic Fleet.

The vessel was launched in 2011 and has been in service since 2013.

The SSU reports that the Boiky had been escorting Russia's shadow oil fleet. The vessel is also known for having collided with the research ship Admiral Vladimirsky while it was berthed at the Kronstadt naval base.

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