Ukrainian HUR special forces destroyed a Russian Project 498 Saturn class tugboat near the occupied Crimea coast using kamikaze surface drones.
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The Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense reported via Telegram the destruction of a Russian Project 498 Saturn class tugboat critical to the transport of heavy military equipment and supplies from mainland Russia to the occupied Crimea peninsula.
"Saturn will no longer sail - the special forces of the HUR destroyed the Russian tugboat," read the caption accompanying the released video.
Ukraine's military intelligence agency carried out a naval strike in occupied Crimea destroying a Project 498 Saturn raiding tugboat
On June 6, 2024, a special unit of the 9th Department of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine successfully struck a Russian raid tugboat of the Project 498 Saturn or Proteus off the coast of temporarily occupied Crimea. The destructive fire damage was inflicted following a successful breakthrough of the occupiers' line of defensive barriers in the Black Sea.
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