SBU drones hit two Russian military support ships and a ferry in Kerch

Lesya Leshchenko12:18, 27.06.26

SBU drones struck the Project 15310 cable ships “Volga” and “Vyatka”, as well as the cargo-passenger ferry “Petropavlovsk”.

Fighters of the Security Service of Ukraine successfully struck military support vessels located on the territory of the Zatoka shipyard in temporarily occupied Kerch , as well as enemy air defense systems in the Kerch Strait area. The SBU press center reported this .

“Fulfilling the tasks set by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky as part of the 40-day operation to influence the Russian Federation, the Alpha soldiers of the SBU successfully struck military support vessels located on the territory of the Zatoka shipyard in temporarily occupied Kerch. Air defense systems of Russian troops in the Kerch Strait area were also hit,” the report says.

In particular, as noted, during the special operation, SBU drones struck the cable ships of project 15310 “Volga” and “Vyatka”, as well as the cargo-passenger ferry “Petropavlovsk”, the readiness of which was 96%. As a result of the strikes on them, a large-scale fire broke out.

The special service noted that the Volga and Vyatka were built for the Russian Defense Ministry. Their purpose is to deploy the Harmony hydroacoustic surveillance system for underwater military reconnaissance. In addition, they can lay non-contact mines to destroy ships, underwater pipelines, cables, and other critical infrastructure. The cost of each of these vessels is hundreds of millions of dollars.

In addition, SBU drones hit the weapons and radar station of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, which covered the Kerch Strait area.

“The systematic work of the SBU to destroy Russian military infrastructure in temporarily occupied Crimea deprives the enemy of the opportunity to use the peninsula as a logistical and military hub. The destruction of air defense assets opens the way for new high-precision strikes, and the disabling of ships and port infrastructure undermines the occupiers’ ability to provide for their group,” the SBU emphasized.

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