Video shows the moment a Ukrainian drone destroyed a Russian ship

• A video published by the Ukrainian army shows the moment a Russian boat was destroyed.
• The missile attack on a KS-701 patrol boat led to the death of six Russian soldiers, according to the Ukrainian Navy.
• No date was provided for the incident.

A video released by the Ukrainian Navy shows the moment a drone killed six Russian service members and destroyed their ship as they tried to unload its cargo on a beach in the Kherson region.

The Ukrainian Navy said in a statement that the attack occurred in the northwestern region of the Black Sea Posted on TelegramThe strike was attributed to its naval aviation unit. The means of destruction were not specified, but several Experts He said the missile attack appeared to have been carried out by a Bayraktar TB2 drone, a Turkish-made drone that inflicted heavy losses on Russia in the early stages of the war.

Ukraine lost most of its navy when Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. But since the 2022 invasion, Kiev has invested heavily in air and sea drone technology, threatening not only Russian forces — and oil tankers — but the Kerch Bridge.

The video’s release on Sunday was likely intended to boost morale as Ukrainian forces are embroiled in a counterattack that has claimed thousands of lives. Last month, US officials He told the New York Times About 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion last year (compared to about 120,000 Russian soldiers killed in combat). Since at least February 2022 9,500 Ukrainian civilians They were also killed, according to the United Nations.