Special operations units from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) targeted and damaged three Russian Navy warships in occupied Crimea, the agency reported on Telegram on Saturday, April 18.
During the coordinated strike, “Alpha” special forces hit the large landing ships Yamal and Azov, as well as a third vessel of an unidentified type. Preliminary reports also suggest a potential strike on a Project 21980 Grachonok-class anti-sabotage tracer.
Beyond the naval targets, SBU drones successfully damaged a “Dolphin” communication system antenna block, a “Mys-M1” radar station, and fuel storage tanks at the “Yugtorsan” oil depot.
“The SBU is systematically and consistently destroying the enemy across the entire frontline, including temporarily occupied Crimea,” the agency stated.
Officials emphasized that targeting the fleet and its critical infrastructure has a cumulative effect, directly undermining Russia’s logistics and its ability to utilize the peninsula as a functional military base.
This naval operation was part of a broader day of coordinated strikes against Russian military assets. Earlier on April 18, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed successful strikes on four major oil facilities deep inside Russian territory, including refineries in Samara and a terminal in the Leningrad region. These facilities are vital for the fuel supply of the Russian occupation forces.
The SBU’s success follows previous high-value operations earlier this month. On April 4, the Unmanned Systems Forces disabled an S-400 Triumf radar station in Feodosia and an SKPP drone-detection radar in the Luhansk region.
The intensified campaign aims to blind Russian air defenses and degrade their industrial capacity, such as the recent repeat strike on the Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant, which produces materials for T-90M tanks. The SBU vowed that the intensity of such operations will only grow until the Russian military loses its operational capabilities on Ukrainian territory.