Ukrainian naval drones struck and likely damaged a Russian Bora-class corvette near the entrance to Sevastopol Bay in occupied Crimea on September 14, according to a photo from a Ukrainian Security Service source.
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Ukrainian naval drones struck and damaged a Russian Bora-class corvette
Atesh underground resistance movement claimed they launched a missile strike on the Russian fleet in Sevastopol.
The landing vessel Minsk was 'functionally destroyed' after a Ukrainian missile attack on a shipyard in Sevastopol.
The Improved Kilo II submarine Rostov-on-Don also sustained 'catastrophic damage.'
These were the large Russian landing ship Minsk and the Rostov-on-Don submarine.
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