Ukraine’s navy and main internal security service, the SBU, used sea drones to attack a Russian naval base near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a Ukrainian government official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
The extent of the damage on Friday was unclear, but the reach of the sea drones could force Moscow to move its Black Sea fleet, fearing its vulnerability.
The drones were first used in an attack last year near the port of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014. They were also used in an attack in July on the Crimean Bridge, which Russia built in 2018 to link its mainland with the occupied peninsula. The SBU was responsible for those attacks, too, the Ukrainian official said.
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