Russian patrol ship "Sergey Kotov" reportedly sank after a USV attack near occupied Kerch. - eviltoast

https://t.me/DIUkraine/3551

💥 Destroyed enemy ship “Sergei Kotov”

🎯 On the night of March 4-5, 2024, the special unit of the DIU of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine “Group 13” attacked the patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation “Sergei Kotov”.

🤝 The mission took place in cooperation with the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

☑️ As a result of the strike by Magura V5 naval drones, the Russian ship of project 22160 “Sergei Kotov” suffered damage to the stern, right and left sides.

🌊 The “cat” was damaged by fire in the territorial waters of Ukraine, near the Kerch Strait.

💰 The cost of the sunken ship is about 65 million dollars.

  • rustyfish@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    That’s roughly 65 billion $ a year for future seaweed furniture. I am not sure a country that has to buy discount ammunition from North Korea has the capacity to do that for very long.