Ukraine has claimed it carried out the world’s first successful underwater drone attack on a Russian submarine, saying the strike disabled a missile-carrying Kilo-class vessel at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
According to Ukrainian officials, the operation was conducted by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) using domestically developed underwater drones known as “Sub Sea Baby.”
The drones reportedly struck the submarine while it was docked at the port, which has become Russia’s most important remaining naval base in the Black Sea after several ships were relocated from Crimea.
Footage released by the SBU showed a powerful explosion erupting from beneath the water near a pier where submarines and other vessels were moored. Reuters verified the location of the footage by matching the port’s layout and pier structures.
An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in a social media post that this marked the first time in history that an underwater
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