Statement by Russian Defence Ministry
17.08.2023
On 17 August 2023 at 22:55, the Ukrainian Armed Forces employed a uncrewed boat to conduct an unsuccessful attack against the ships of the Black Sea Fleet carrying out tasks to control navigation in the south-western part of the Black Sea, 237 km south-west of Sevastopol.
As the attack being repelled, the enemy unmanned boat was destroyed by fire of the onboard armament of the Black Sea Fleet ships, the patrol ship Pytlivy and the patrol ship Vasily Bykov, and failed to reach the target of the attack.
At the moment, the ships continue to fulfil their assigned missions.
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