A Ukrainian drone attack hit the patrol boat Sergey Kotov and a corvette Samum in Sevastopol.
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A Ukrainian drone attack the next day hit the patrol boat Sergey Kotov and a corvette Samum.
After recent Ukrainian strikes on the Kremlin’s Black Sea naval fleet in Sevastopol caused severe damage to Russian ships and destroyed an S-400 air defense system in the temporarily occupied Yevpatoria, the Russians are increasingly deploying their ships out of the port for the relative safety of the open water.
The Russian fleet has become restless in the bays.
They are deploying their ships in wide formations at sea.
The Russian naval group is estimated to have 17 major vessels, with 16 ships in the Black Sea and 1 ship in the Azov Sea.
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