Ukrainian Strike Drone Punches Through Russian Warship in Caspian Sea

Ukraine launched coordinated drone strikes against Russian military assets in occupied Crimea, with one operation damaging a Project 10410 Svetlyak-class border patrol ship in the Caspian Sea.

Footage showed an FP-1 strike drone closing in on the warship as it engaged other aerial targets. Russian reports claimed the drone struck “directly from the side of the stern automatic artillery mount AK-630.”

Robert Brovdi, commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS), said Russian forces had been using the vessel to counter aerial operations in the region.

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