Ukraine-Russia war latest: First naval drone battle takes place in Black Sea as latest strikes kill 12
A Ukrainian sea drone shot and destroyed a Russian unmanned boat in what Volodymyr Zelensky’s navy says marks the “first-ever naval battle” between maritime drones.
The Ukrainian Sargan 3000 unmanned naval boat identified the Russian drone on the Black Sea and attacked with its powerful 12.7mm turret, the navy said on Telegram.
Footage shared from the Ukrainian drone showed a volley of fire hitting the other boat, which erupted with thick grey smoke before sinking. It was unclear when or exactly where the video was taken.
At least 12 people were killed on Saturday as the war on the ground raged on. Authorities in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih regions reported fatalities.
The Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied Donetsk region also reported that three people were killed in Ukrainian attacks.
Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on Sunday that a Russian drone struck near the Ukrainian-Polish border in the small town of Yahodyn overnight.
“This is Putin’s terror “knocking” directly on the doors of the EU and Nato. Russian barbarians are at your gate, dear partners,” he added.
