General Discussion

On 2 May 2022, two Raptor-class patrol boats were sunk by a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 off Snake Island in the Black Sea.

Moskva — On 13 April 2022, two Ukrainian officials said that the Slava-class cruiser had been hit by Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles and was on fire in heavy seas. The Russian Ministry of Defense said the ship was seriously damaged after a fire caused a munitions explosion. The next day, Russian officials said that the ship had sunk while being towed to port.

BK-16 high-speed assault boat — In the first week of May 2022, a video appeared of a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 drone hitting and sinking a high-speed assault boat near Snake Island.

Vasily Bekh — On 17 June 2022, Ukraine claimed to have sunk the rescue tug Vasily Bekh with two Harpoon missiles, causing it to sink shortly thereafter.

Minsk — On 13 September 2023, this landing ship was attacked by Ukrainian Su-24 bombers armed with Storm Shadow missiles, visibly destroying the ship following a nighttime raid on Sevastopol.

A Russian Project KS-701 Tunets-class patrol boat was sunk on 13 September 2023 in the Black Sea in a Ukrainian attack.

Sergey Kotov – A project 22160 patrol ship was reported commissioned in May 2022 and was reported to be damaged by a Ukrainian naval drone attack on 14 September 2023. On 5 March 2024, the Sergey Kotov was again attacked by Ukrainian forces, this time using MAGURA V5 unmanned surface vehicles while the ship was off the coast of Crimea near the Kerch Strait.Ukrainian military spokesmen announced that the ship took damage to the stern and later sank.

Ivanovets — On 1 February 2024, Ukraine released video claiming to show the sinking of the Tarantul-class corvette R-334 Ivanovets in Donuzlav, a bay located in the western part of Crimea, using MAGURA V5 USVs.

Tsezar Kunikov — On 14 February 2024, Ukraine released a video showing the sinking of the Project 775 (Ropucha-I-class) large landing ship Tsezar Kunikov off the coast of Crimea by Ukrainian MAGURA V5 sea drones. Tsezar Kunikov had been previously damaged in a Ukrainian attack on 24 March 2022 at Berdiansk port, Ukraine. The sinking of the ship has been confirmed by Russian sources.

Saturn – On 6 June 2024, Ukrainian naval drones sank the Russian tugboat Saturn.