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Ukraine has claimed that it’s successfully used uncrewed surface vessels (USV), better known as drone boats, to launch aerial drones against Russian targets for the first time. According to Ukrainian authorities, the first-person view (FPV) drones were employed in combat during strikes on Russian ground-based air defense systems. This is the latest development in Ukraine’s Black Sea drone war, which is seeing increasingly innovative use of uncrewed systems, including adapted air-to-air missiles launched from USVs against Russian aircraft.
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Ukraine Claims Its Drone Boats Are Now Launching Kamikaze FPV Drones At Russian Shore Targets

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 7, 2025

A jet ski loaded with explosives, and presumed to be of Ukrainian origin, has been found off the Turkish coast near Istanbul. The modified jet ski likely joins a growing fleet of Ukrainian kamikaze drone boats that have been notably effective in disrupting Russian Navy activities in the Black Sea, in the process sinking or damaging multiple warships.
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Explosives-Packed Jet Ski Drone Appears Off Turkish Coast

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 25, 2024

A series of imagery confirms that the widely used Sea Baby uncrewed surface vessel (USV), or drone boat, has been equipped with Grad-series artillery rockets. The rocket-armed boat has reportedly already been used to successfully engage Russian vessels. Once again, the development demonstrates that Ukraine is exploring using its growing fleet of USVs for missions beyond one-way kamikaze attacks.
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Artillery Rocket-Firing Ukrainian Drone Boat Shown During Testing

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 22, 2024

In a most unusual development in the Black Sea ‘drone war,’ Ukraine appears to have begun arming uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), better known as drone boats, with heat-seeking air-to-air missiles. The adaptation seems to have been made to provide the USVs with protection against the Russian helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft that are increasingly being used to counter them, although many questions remain about how these newly added weapons are intended work.
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Ukrainian Drone Boats Now Armed With Adapted Air-To-Air Missiles

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 6, 2024

An extraordinary video has emerged showing some of the last moments aboard the Russian Black Sea Fleet landing ship Cesar Kunikov (also written as Tsezar Kunikov) as it was attacked by Ukrainian naval drones last month.
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Russian Ship Under Drone Boat Attack Seen In Dramatic Onboard Video

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 6, 2024

SERGEI KOTOV was sunk by Ukrainian drone boats.
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Ukrainian Drone Boats Sink Russian Navy Patrol Ship

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 5, 2024

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with the units of the Defense Intelligence, destroyed the Caesar Kunikov large landing ship.
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Ukrainian Drone Boats Sink Another Russian Navy Landing Ship

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 14, 2024

Ukraine's SBU says it now has a Sea Baby drone that can fire rockets.
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Ukraine’s Drone Boats Are Now Firing Rockets At Russian Ships

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 2, 2024

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate says it raided Crimea Thursday.
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Ukraine Special Operations Forces Raid Crimea

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

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Ukrainian Gunboat Struck By Russian Lancet Loitering Munition (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 4, 2022

The Ukrainian Navy’s Flagship Appears To Have Been Scuttled
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The Ukrainian Navy’s Flagship Appears To Have Been Scuttled

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 3, 2022

Russia Even Ripped Out The Toilets Before Returning Ukraine’s Ships It Seized
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Russia Even Ripped Out The Toilets Before Returning Ukraine’s Ships It Seized

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 21, 2019

U.S. Sends Coast Guard Cutter And Navy Destroyer Through The Tense Taiwan Strait
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U.S. Sends Coast Guard Cutter And Navy Destroyer Through The Tense Taiwan Strait

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 25, 2019

Ukraine’s Ports In Azov Sea Totally Cut Off As Captured Sailors Sent To Moscow
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Ukraine’s Ports In Azov Sea Totally Cut Off As Captured Sailors Sent To Moscow

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Nov 29, 2018

Russia To Put Captured Ukrainian Sailors On Trial As European Lawmakers Call For Sanctions
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Russia To Put Captured Ukrainian Sailors On Trial As European Lawmakers Call For Sanctions

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 27, 2018