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💥 Attack

The Russian Ministry of Defense accused Ukraine of attempting to attack two Black Sea Fleet patrol boats with unmanned semi-submersibles on August 1, 2023.

Black Sea
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda

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Entities

Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Ukrainian actors (likely) (organization) Black Sea Fleet (military_unit) Sergei Kotov (weapon_system) Vasily Bykov (weapon_system) Pavel Derzhavin (military_unit) SeaBaby drone (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

Ukrainian actors attempted to attack two Black Sea Fleet patrol boats with unmanned semi-submersibles on August 1

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

On the night of 1 August 2023, naval drones had already tried to attack the patrol ships Sergei Kotov and Vasily Bykov.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: uncertain

The Russians said they had allegedly repelled the attack and destroyed all three uncrewed boats belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Extracted: 2026-03-09T10:43:07.009Z

Source story: 20103