A Russian warship was seriously damaged in an overnight Ukrainian naval drone attack on Russia's Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk, two sources said on Friday (Aug 4), after Russia said it had fended off the attack. The civilian port, which handles 2 per cent of the world's oil supply and also exports gr
A Russian warship was seriously damaged in an overnight Ukrainian naval drone attack on Russia's Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk, two sources said on Friday , after Russia said it had fended off the attack.
Russia's Defence Ministry said in a short statement that the Ukrainian attack by two sea drones had been repelled in the waters outside the base and that the drones had been destroyed. It made no mention of any damage. There was a crew of around 100 Russian servicemen on the vessel when it was attacked by a sea drone carrying 450kg of TNT, the source said, without giving any information on any casualties.
The source, who did not name the vessel, said oil and grain loadings were still taking place at the port, which resumed normal operations hours after the attack.
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