GUR drones destroyed two Russian boats KS-701 “Tunets”

30.05.2024

On May 30, a special unit of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine destroyed two Russian boats in the temporarily occupied Crimea. According to preliminary data, it is known that these are KS-701 “Tunets” high-speed transport landing craft.

This was reported by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine.

At night, the GUR special unit “Group 13” successfully attacked the Russian shipyard in the temporarily occupied Crimea with the help of Ukrainian Magura V5 maritime attack drones.

“The successful special operation was made possible thanks to the support of the United24 global platform”, the GUR reported.

In order to neutralize the attack sea drones on the approach to the Uzka Bay, the Russian occupiers in Crimea raised combat aircraft into the sky 32 times, in particular – Su-27/30/35, MiG-29, Be-12, An-26 and Ka-27 helicopters /29 and Mi-8.

The Russians also randomly used small arms and 30-mm guns.

However, nothing prevented the special forces of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine from successfully completing their combat mission: as a result of the strike, two Russian boats were destroyed — according to preliminary data, high-speed amphibious transport KS-701 “Tunets”.

Only since the beginning of 2024, the special unit “Group 13” with the help of Magura V5 attack marine drones has already destroyed the Russian: missile ship “Ivanovets”, large amphibious ship “Cesar Kunikov”, corvette “Sergei Kotov”, high-speed patrol boat “Mongust”.

We will remind, May 19 in the Defense Forces of Ukraine reported the destruction of the Russian naval minesweeper of the Black Sea Fleet RF 266-M “Kovrovets”. “Kovrovets” is a Russian sea minesweeper of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation of project 266-M, designed for trawling ships and vessels, as well as reconnaissance, laying fairways in minefields, etc.

Author: Tetiana Stelmakh | View all publications by the author