‘Russian missile boat struck by Ukraine in Black Sea’

Ukrainian forces claim they have destroyed a Russian missile boat from the Black Sea Fleet in a special operation near Russian-occupied Crimea.

The Ivanovets, a small warship, was hit directly on its side and sunk overnight, according to military intelligence.

It has released a video that claims to show the moment when the crash happened, and then a big explosion.

Russian authorities have not said anything about the incident.

However, a Russian military blogger named “Voenkor Kotenok” wrote on Telegram that the boat sank after being hit three times by naval drones.

The boat in the Ukrainian video looks like a Tarantul missile boat, which is the same type of boat that the Ivanovets is.

This includes the arrangement of the mast and sensors on the main part of the ship, and a big radar dome on top of the bridge.

Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate said their special unit “Group 13” destroyed the boat in Lake Donuzlav, a bay in Crimea where the naval base is located.

The Russian ship was hit several times and got damaged. It couldn’t move anymore and sank. This was reported on their Telegram channel.

A rescue mission by Russian teams in the area did not find anything.

The ship was said to be worth around $60-70 million (or £47-55 million).

Ukraine did really well in the war near the Black Sea. They were able to damage or destroy Russian warships even though they don’t have their own fleet.

In December, Kyiv destroyed a big boat called Novocherkassk in Feodosia, Crimea. Russia said the ship was broken.

Last September, a missile hit the headquarters of the Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol. Satellite pictures revealed that the Russian navy had shifted a lot of its Black Sea fleet from Crimea to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.