Larisa Kozova09:02, 11.09.25

At the time of the special forces attack, the ship was conducting electronic reconnaissance and patrolling the approaches to Novorossiysk Bay.

GUR special forces struck a Russian Black Sea Fleet ship near Novorossiysk with a drone .

As stated by the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense, on September 10, special forces tracked down and successfully attacked a high-value military target in the Black Sea. This is a ship of the MPSV07 multipurpose vessel project from the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

“The Russians put the specified ship into operation in 2015. Its cost is about $60 million. In total, the aggressor has four such vessels,” the GUR emphasizes.

The MPSV07 project ship is said to be equipped with diving complexes, remote-controlled vehicles, side-scan sonar, PER means and can be used for bottom surveying. The ship’s power is about 4 MW.Read also:

At the time of the attack by the GUR special forces, the ship was conducting electronic reconnaissance and patrolling the approaches to Novorossiysk Bay, where part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is currently located, in particular carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the “Caliber” type.

“The GUR masters delivered a well-aimed strike with a Ukrainian-made combat drone to the area of ​​the control bridge, where, in particular, the ship’s navigation and communication equipment is located. As a result of the strike, the enemy ship’s RER equipment was destroyed, and the ship was put out of action,” the GUR noted, adding that its repair would be very expensive.

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Attacks on Russian ships

As a reminder, on August 28, the Ukrainian Defense Forces launched the first successful FPV drone strike in history against a warship in the Temryut Bay of the Sea of ​​Azov. The Russian ship Buyan-M, equipped with Caliber cruise missiles, was hit. The GUR’s “Primary” special unit used Rubaka and/or UJ-26 “Bober” drones, which covered more than 350 km to carry out the attack.

The ship suffered damage to its onboard parts and lost the functionality of the MR-352 “Positive” radar station, which is responsible for detecting sea and air targets.

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