Several civilian ships have reportedly broken through Moscow's renewed Black Sea blockade as Russian warships fight off drone attacks.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet is again under attack as Moscow seeks to enforce a renewed naval blockade on Ukrainian shipping—a move that Kyiv has warned imperils food security for millions of people around the world and risks blowing another hole in the country's withered budget.
Russia's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it defeated an attack by Ukrainian three naval drones on two Black Sea patrol boats—the—that were sailing around 210 miles southwest of the Black Sea Fleet's headquarters in the Crimean city of Sevastopol. "All three unmanned enemy boats were destroyed by fire from the ships' standard weapons," the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The reported naval drone attack came two days after Russia held its annual, which was notable for the absence of aircraft and strategic nuclear submarines and was reportedly accompanied by heightened security measures.
As Turkey blocks any outside Russian warships from entering the Black Sea through the Bosporus, Ukraine looks to drones, anti-ship missiles, and other methods to make up for its lack of conventional naval forces to attack theRussian warships of the Black Sea Fleet are pictured during Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk, Russia, on July 30, 2023. The fleet has reported new drone attacks as it seeks to enforce a fresh naval blockade.
Tuesday's reported attack came on the heels of a similar operation on July 24, in which Moscow said the
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