Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces and Security Service hit Russian missile-carrying corvette in Kronstadt – video

Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have reported striking the Russian corvette Boikiy, a carrier of missile weapons, at the Kronstadt naval base in Russia's Leningrad Oblast.

Source: Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, USF Commander; SSU

Details: The Security Service of Ukraine stated that Ukrainian drones in Kronstadt struck the naval vessel base and that the results of the strike and the scale of damage inflicted are being assessed.

Quote from Magyar: "The birds of the 1st Operational Centre of Unmanned Systems Forces have hunted down and set ablaze the corvette Boikiy, a carrier of guided missile weapons."

More details: Magyar stated that the vessel, which has been undergoing scheduled repairs in the Veleshchynsky dry dock in Kronstadt since February, was struck at 06:35.

Magyar noted that the corvette Boikiy, Project 20380, is the third corvette of Russia's Baltic Fleet.

The vessel was launched in 2011 and has been in service since 2013.

SSU reports that Boikiy had in particular escorted Russia's shadow oil fleet. The vessel also became known for colliding with the research ship Admiral Vladimirsky while berthing at Kronstadt's military harbour.

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