Russia said on Tuesday that it has repelled an overnight Ukrainian drone attack targeting its patrol boats in the Black Sea.
“During the night, Ukrainian armed forces tried without success to attack with three drones the ‘Sergei Kotov’ and ‘Vasily Bykov,’ patrol boats of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea,” the defence ministry said in a statement.
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“The three naval enemy drones were destroyed”, it said, adding that the boats were attacked 340 kilometres (210 miles) southwest of Sevastopol, the base of Russia’s Black Sea fleet on the annexed Crimea peninsula.
Last week, Russia said it had repelled another drone attack on the ‘Sergei Kotov’ patrol boat.
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if at first one doesn't succeed, try, try again, until the Kotov joins the Moskva at the bottom of the Black Sea...