Russian Naval Warship Damaged In Drone Attack

 A Russian warship has been damaged in an overnight Ukrainian Naval drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea Navy base at Novorossiysk, a Ukrainian intelligence source has said.

The Ukrainian intelligence source said the Olenegorsky Gornyak, a Russian Navy landing ship, had suffered a serious breach and could not conduct combat missions following what they said was a joint operation by the Ukrainian Navy and SBU intelligence service.

“As a result of the attack, the Olenegorsky Gornyak received a serious breach and currently cannot conduct its combat missions.

All the Russian statements about a ‘repelled attack’ are fake,”  the source said.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said earlier that Ukrainian sea drones had attacked a Russian navy base near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a major hub for Russian exports, and were destroyed by Russian warships.

Ukraine has repeatedly used sea drones packed with explosives to try to strike back at the Russian navy fleet that dominates the Black Sea and has allowed Moscow to prevent Ukraine exporting grain via its favoured export route.

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