🔥 Destruction

Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed two Russian Raptor-class patrol boats near Zmiinyi (Snake) Island at dawn using a Bayraktar drone.

Zatoka, Odesa Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Two Russian Raptor-class boats were destroyed near Zmiinyi (Snake) Island at dawn on 2 May 2022

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

A Bayraktar drone was used to destroy the boats

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian occupiers fired missiles at the bridge across the Dniester estuary in Odesa Oblast on May 2, 2022

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The bridge had already been hit twice by Russian forces prior to this attack

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian forces fired three missiles at the Dniester Liman bridge in Odesa Oblast, aiming to destroy the already damaged infrastructure.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian air defense units shot down ten Russian Orlan-10 drones.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Russian occupiers in the sky over the Odesa region on Monday, May 2, 2022.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Sergey Bratchuk, spokesman of the Odessa regional military administration, reported the event during a briefing, stating that the drone was destroyed and noting it was not just a spy drone.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:20:47.025Z

Source story: 7343425