【Text/Observer Network Wang Shichun】Ukraine used an unmanned self-detonating boat to strike at the Russian army for the first time. Comprehensive Al Jazeera, TASS US "Naval News" and other websites reported on October 30 that on October 29, the Ukrainian General Staff claimed that the Ukrainian army used unmanned ships to strike at the port of Sevastopol in Crimea by suicide attack, damaging a Russian frigate. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine also published a relevant video.
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The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the attack of the Ukrainian army in disguise. The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement on October 29, local time, saying that in the early morning of the same day, Sevastopol was attacked by drones and unmanned boats. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 9 aerial drones and 7 unmanned ships of the Ukrainian army were mobilized to attack Sevastopol, 9 drones were shot down, 4 unmanned boats were destroyed in the outer waterways of the port of Sevastopol, and the other 3 were destroyed in the internal waterways. The Russian army said that the Black Sea Fleet's minesweeper "Ivan Golubets" and the barrier barrier in the Yuzhnaya Bay were slightly injured.
The Russian army also said that the attack was carried out under the guidance of British experts. The military personnel of the 73rd Maritime Special Operations Center of the Ukrainian army carried out a "terrorist attack" against Sevastopol, which were trained by British specialists located in the city of Ochakov, Nikolaev region. The British side, who led the plot of the attack on Sevastopol, also took part in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline.
The Ukrainian army's unmanned boat rushed to the Russian frigate "Admiral Makarov" Source: Ukrainian General Staff
Ukrainian Navy unmanned boat rushed to the Russian landing ship Source: Ukrainian General Staff
In the open sea, an unknown ship exploded Source: Social media
The Ukrainian side claimed that the frigate "Admiral Makarov" was damaged in today's attack. Judging by the footage of the suicide attack by an unmanned ship published by Ukraine, the unmanned ship went straight to the missile frigate "Admiral Makarov" of the Russian Navy. In the face of the surprise attack of the Ukrainian unmanned suicide ship, Russia used helicopters to shoot and block. In the footage taken by the unmanned ship, you can see the splash of water from the sea surface strafing by helicopters.
The mayor of Sevastopol told Russian media that the drone attack on Sevastopol Bay on the 29th was the "largest" attack on the Crimean Peninsula since Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine in February this year.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time that the Ukrainian army has used unmanned boats to attack. On September 21 this year, an unmanned surface ship that had never been seen before was spotted on a beach outside a Russian naval base in the Black Sea. The unmanned boat is equipped with an optical camera that can carry out self-detonation attacks by wireless remote control. At the time, it was reported that this was a failed unmanned boat attack by the Ukrainian army.
According to the "Russian newspaper" report, when the Ukrainian military drone attacked in Sevastopol Bay, an American "Global Hawk" unmanned reconnaissance aircraft flew over nearby neutral waters. The report also said that information about the real-time monitoring website "Flightradar24" for aircraft flight conditions showed that the US drone, with the call sign FORTE10, took off from a NATO air base in Sicily, Italy.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stressed that the ships of the attacked Black Sea Fleet were involved in ensuring the export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova told TASS on the 29th that Russia will draw the attention of the United Nations Security Council and the international community to a series of "terrorist attacks" carried out against Russia in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea, including related activities involving the British side. The Russian Foreign Ministry then issued a statement saying that Russia will indefinitely suspend the implementation of the agreement on the export of agricultural products from Black Sea ports from now on.
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