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Ukrainian forces used a Sargan 3000 naval drone to destroy a Russian unmanned surface vessel in the Black Sea, marking the first-ever battle between naval drones.

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Ukrainian forces have used a naval drone to destroy a Russian unmanned surface vessel in the Black Sea.

According to the Ukrainian Navy, this was the first-ever battle between naval drones.

The Russian USV was detected in the Black Sea by units of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian military deployed a Sargan 3000 naval drone equipped with a 12.7mm Protector RWS automatic turret.

The Navy, in coordination with the Main Intelligence Directorate, carried out a successful operation in the Black Sea and destroyed a Russian unmanned surface vessel.

The Ukrainian Sargan destroyed the Russian unmanned surface vessel.

The Navy's unmanned surface vessel Sargan 3000, equipped with a 12.7 mm RWS Protector automatic turret, successfully destroyed it.

This is the first-ever naval battle between unmanned surface vessels.

A Ukrainian unmanned surface vessel destroyed a Russian naval drone in the Black Sea in what Ukraine's Navy described as the 'first-ever naval battle' between unmanned boats.

The operation was carried out jointly with Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), whose units detected the unmanned Russian vessel.

The Russian drone was destroyed by a Ukrainian Sargan-3000 unmanned boat, equipped with a 12.7-mm Protector remote weapons station.

Ukrainian Navy forces, in coordination with the GUR, destroyed a Russian unmanned boat in the Black Sea using a Sargan 3000 vessel.

The Ukrainian Navy states this was the first naval battle in history between unmanned boats.

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