Ukrainian Drones Blew Up A Russian Warship 500 Miles Away
Scratch one Baltic Fleet corvette
On Wednesday, Fire Point FP-1 one-way attack drones from the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces’ 1st Center motored more than 500 miles to attack the Russian Baltic Fleet’s base on the island of Kronstadt, offshore from St. Petersburg in western Russia.
The first-person-view drones hit the corvette Boykiy in her drydock, reportedly killing one sailor and likely destroying the vessel.
It was the first destruction of a Baltic Fleet ship by Ukrainian forces in Russia’s 52-month wider war on Ukraine—and it occurred as officials were hosting business leaders in St. Petersburg. “Birds of the 1st USF Separate Center sent their greetings to the economic forum in St. Petersburg,” USF leader Robert Brovdi quipped.
The hit on the 343-foot Boikiy comes just two weeks after Ukrainian drones hit, or nearly hit, a Krivak frigate belonging to the Black Sea Fleet, currently hunkering in the port of Novorossiysk in southern Russia.
