Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) said its special forces had destroyed the Slavyanin – Russia’s last railway ferry in the Kerch Strait – overnight between Sunday and Monday.
According to HUR’s Wednesday Telegram update, the Slavyanin was part of Russia’s so-called Kerch ferry crossing, which had been supplying Russian troops in occupied Crimea. The vessel also ferried fuel and lubricants, weapons and ammunition, as well as military equipment to the peninsula.
The strike was carried out in the early morning of April 6. HUR said specialists from its Active Operations Department disabled the vessel using drones.
This was not the first strike on the vessel. In March of this year, it was damaged during another operation but remained afloat.
In addition, on July 23, 2024, the Ukrainian Navy, together with other units of the Ukrainian military, struck the ferry in Russia’s port of Kavkaz, where it sustained several direct hits.
Waves of recent strikes on occupied Crimea
On Monday, April 6, Ukraine’s General Staff also reported the destruction of a Be-12 anti-submarine amphibious aircraft in the Kacha area of Crimea, with the extent of the damage still being clarified.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal in the city of Feodosia in occupied Crimea overnight.
Footage and eyewitness accounts analyzed by the Russian Telegram channel Astra indicated a fire at the “Marine Oil Terminal” facility following the attack.
Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), said Kyiv targeted the oil terminal as part of a coordinated operation. According to him, the strike hit the site’s fuel storage infrastructure.
The partisan group Atesh said its agents had conducted prior reconnaissance of the facility and passed targeting data to Ukrainian forces. The group described the terminal as a key fuel supply hub for Russian forces in Crimea.
Over the weekend, in Feodosia, operators from the USF 414th Separate Brigade’s “Madyar’s Birds” unit also struck a radar station belonging to the S-400 Triumf complex.
This high-value system can track up to 100 objects simultaneously at a range of 600 kilometers (370 miles) and guide up to 72 missiles.
“It is a complex target because it can be deployed in five minutes and usually changes position before it is detected,” the military said on Facebook.