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- Updated Sea Baby drone becomes multifunctional platform, it's no longer just kamikaze drone – SBU
- Anti-Israel Protesters Confused About Meaning of 'Ceasefire'
- SBU, defense forces attack Morozovsk airfield in Russia's Rostov region, at least six aircraft destroyed – source
- Ships
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- Polish citizen, who offered Russian special services assassination attempt on President of Ukraine, detained
A photo and video circulating on social media appear to show the charred remains of Russia's new Askold cruise-missile carrier, which officials say was struck during Ukrainian attack on a shipyard in annexed Crimea last week. The Pavel Derzhavin is one of the Russian navy’s newest Type corvettes, a 94-meter-long patrol ship with a deadweight of 1,500 tons and equipped with Kalibr anti-ship missiles. This incident follows a recent event where a patrol ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the Pavel Derzhavin, was damaged near Sevastopol on Oct. 11. While the Ukrainian Navy confirmed the ship’s damage, they did not provide specific details about the incident. “After the initial strike, Russian minesweepers and divers were unable to detect our innovation (Sea Baby drones — ed.).
Updated Sea Baby drone becomes multifunctional platform, it's no longer just kamikaze drone – SBU
On Saturday, the head of the Ukrainian air force posted a message on the Telegram social media site about airstrikes against a Russian target in the Luhansk region. In recent months, Ukraine has conducted a number of operations in Crimea, with many successful strikes. Russia often claims drone attacks, local Telegram channels report explosions and the occupying authorities traditionally close the bridge connecting the peninsula to Russia.
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In September, during one of its largest attacks to date, a barrage of 43 cruise missiles caused blackouts across multiple Ukrainian regions. Oleshchuk added that Russia was keeping one of its most modern warships, which is capable of carrying Kalibre cruise missiles, at Zaliv. Details of the operation remain undisclosed, but sources indicate that both vessels were struck by surface drones armed with experimental weaponry known as the Sea Baby. Ukrainian intelligence asserted that a large landing ship, Minsk, and the submarine Rostov-on-Don were struck and damaged beyond repair. The Crimean Wind Telegram channel initially reported an explosion on a Russian Buyan-M missile carrier and posted a video of the ship in smoke. The ships' small size and displacement enables them to operate within inland river systems, including traversing the Moscow Canal.
SBU, defense forces attack Morozovsk airfield in Russia's Rostov region, at least six aircraft destroyed – source
Modern cruise missiles are self-navigating and capable of travelling at high subsonic, supersonic, or hypersonic speeds. Russia has started using cruise missiles more widely in Ukraine, as the invasion enters its third week. "We noticed that the enemy put two frigates on combat duty – missile carriers equipped with 16 Kalibr missiles, trying to create some situation [threat] in the Black Sea. The defense forces had to react. It's too early to summarize, but I think the results will please everyone." Ukraine struck a new Russian missile carrier over the weekend, causing significant damage to the vessel before it had even had the chance to join the Black Sea Fleet, military officials said.
An explosion rocked Sevastopol Bay on Oct. 13, likely involving a Buyan-M-class small missile ship, known to carry Russia’s Kalibr missiles, the “Krymsky veter” Telegram channel reported. She added that, while Ukraine doesn't yet have a full report on how badly damaged the missile carrier is, "based on the pictures we've seen, the damage is quite significant." "You can see that (the ship's) still afloat, but the upper part of the ship is significantly damaged," Ryzhenko said, referring to satellite images released by California-based global-imaging company Planet Labs that appear to show the aftermath of the strike on the vessel.
Russian officials later in the day announced that all public transportation in Sevastopol city, including local ferries, would be shut down for unspecified reasons. Reports of the Pavel Derzhavin being struck first emerged on Thursday though the cause was unclear at the time. The SSU warns the Muscovites not to sail in Ukrainian waters if they want to preserve at least some remnants of their fleet."
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After analyzing satellite images released by Planet Labs on Sunday, the Ukrainian naval captain Andriy Ryzhenko told Radio Free Europe's investigative arm that the ship damaged was probably the corvette Askold. On Saturday evening, the commander of Ukraine's air force, Mykola Oleshchuk, announced Ukraine had targeted the Zaliv shipyard in the Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea. A cruise missile is a guided missile, making them highly precise at striking targets hundreds or even thousands of miles away. The photo circulating online appears to show the ship's blackened and charred hull, while a video appears to show the moment the warship was hit by a missile.
Russia's Buyan-class corvette conducts firings in Baltic Sea - Naval Technology
Russia's Buyan-class corvette conducts firings in Baltic Sea.
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A particular advantage for the Buyan-M series were the limitations imposed by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) which prohibited land-based medium-range missiles while sea-based ones were not restricted. A river-based corvette could deploy such missiles without being subject to the restrictions.[citation needed] The lead ship of this project, Grad Sviyazhsk, was laid down on 27 August 2010 and commissioned on 27 July 2014. Russia is known to have Kh-55SM cruise missiles, which can travel 3,000km at subsonic speeds and hit a target with an accuracy of 15 metres using an inertial navigation system. Dr Sidharth Kaushal, a research fellow for sea power and missile defence at the Royal United Services Institute, said it is unclear how many cruise missiles Russia currently has. Andriy Ryzhenko, a captain in the Ukrainian naval reserve, told Schemes, a project by U.S.-funded Radio Liberty, that, according to his information, on November 4, "in Kerch, at the time of the explosions, there was only one ship capable of carrying Kalibr missiles, namely Askold."
Ukraine hits Russian Navy ships with experimental Sea Baby drones — again!
Ukraine's Southern Command spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk said on Sunday that his country's attack in annexed eastern Crimea last week caused "significant" damage to the Russians. "I thank the pilots of the Air Forces for a successful, and most importantly, an effective strike on an enemy facility in the Luhansk region on April 13, 2024," Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk wrote. "The destruction of this headquarters will be a heavy blow to the Russian army and shows that Ukraine still retains the ability to target the Russian military anywhere it operates," the source said. The Pavel Derzhavin was built in the Kerch shipyard, a construction facility taken from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014. The ship was commissioned at the end of 2020 and joined the BSF in June 2022, four months after the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian language Wikipedia had, by Wednesday evening, written the ship off as a total loss and closed the page dedicated to the vessel.
The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the Ukrainian Navy, has attacked the Buyan cruise missile carrier and the ship Pavel Derzhavin using experimental weapons on uncrewed surface vessels. "Today's attack on the Buyan missile carrier and the day before yesterday's explosion of the Derzhavin were the work of the Security Service together with the Ukrainian Navy," the agency's interlocutor said, adding that both vessels were hit by Sea Maliuk (baby) drones with experimental weapons . Russia's Defense Ministry said that one of its warships was damaged in the attack without elaborating, but added that its forces allegedly shot down 13 of 15 cruise missiles fired by Ukraine. The Navy later clarified that there was no confirmation of damage to the Buyan-M class cruise missile carrier, but confirmed the damage to Nikolai Muru rescue tugboat during the attack. Ukraine has used British cruise missiles to hit a Russian military headquarters in the occupied city of Luhansk in the east of the country, a military source has told Sky News.
Russian missile ship combat ready in Black Sea with eight Kalibrs on board - Ukrinform
Russian missile ship combat ready in Black Sea with eight Kalibrs on board.
Posted: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 08:00:00 GMT [source]
"This strike furthers Ukraine's campaign to liberate the Luhansk region from the Russian Federation's illegal invasion and ensure that Russia is not able to advance further into Ukraine," the source said. The ‘Sea Baby’ is the latest version of a Ukrainian USV (uncrewed surface vessel) that was first used in an attack on Crimea’s Kerch Bridge on July 17. The vessel was undergoing testing in the Black Sea and was intended to officially join the fleet's operations this year, the Black Sea Fleet site said. "You can see that it's still afloat, but the upper part of the ship is significantly damaged," The Kyiv Independent quoted Ryzhenko as saying.
A Ukrainian ministerial advisor, Anton Gerashchenko, also posted footage that appeared to show a large blaze at the shipyard. His post hinted that French-supplied SCALP missiles, also known as Storm Shadow missiles, were used in the attack. Details of the operation and the means of attack are not being officially disclosed at this time. And its air force possesses around 150 aircraft and 40 helicopters – roughly a tenth of Russia’s supply. President Putin has boasted about Russia’s hypersonic missiles, which are missiles that travel faster than Mach 5, or 3,836mph. "This means that the carrier will definitely not come back to service any time soon," Humeniuk said.
“The carrier of cruise missiles Buyan could not repeat the feat of Alrosa, therefore it was struck today during the Sevastopol raid by the experimental weapons of ‘Sea Babies,’” the source said. There’s no confirmation of damage to the Buyan-M class cruise missile carrier, which was earlier reported to have been targeted as well. The Russian Navy are is subsonic 3M14 Kalibur land attack cruise missiles from ships and submarines. The Buyan cruise missile carrier was unable to repeat Alrosa's ‘heroic deed’ and was hit by experimental Sea Baby drone weapons at the Sevastopol raid today. Russia has used cruise missiles to strike both government and civilian targets in Ukraine, including the government building and a school that were destroyed in Kharkiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to reverse Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, and attacks on the peninsula are growing in intensity. Ukraine in September launched a cruise-missile strike on the Crimean port of Sevastopol, damaging Russia's Minsk, a Ropucha-class landing ship, and the Rostov-on-Don, a Kilo-class attack submarine. The Russian Defense Ministry has already confirmed the attack by "three unmanned Ukrainian boats (maritime drones)" in occupied Crimea. Russia regularly uses its Black Sea Fleet to target Ukrainian infrastructure with cruise missiles.
Due to the small tonnage, they can operate even in shallow areas of oceans and seas and Russia’s extensive inland waterway system. Mikhail Razvozhayev, Russian-appointed sham "head" of Sevastopol, claimed that the explosions were supposedly related to Russian military exercises. Russia’s Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile, for example, can allegedly reach Mach 10, equivalent to more than 7,600mph. Russia also possesses plenty of long-range weaponry, including more than 500 land-based ballistic missile launchers.
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