Brigade says Ukraine has recaptured a second village in the southeast

Publish date: 2024-04-19

The Russian ship Priazovye was attacked by six unmanned Ukrainian boats in the southeastern part of the Black Sea on Sunday, Russia's defense ministry said in a statement. 

The ship was not damaged and the drone boats were destroyed, according to the ministry. 

Video published on the ministry's Telegram channel purports to show the ship’s crew firing and hitting the approaching unmanned boats, as explosions are seen in the distance. 

CNN is not able to independently verify the ministry's claims or the authenticity of the video. 

A statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense said Priazovye was "monitoring the situation and ensuring security on the routes of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipeline" when it was attacked by "six uncrewed surface vessels."

"In the course of repulsing the attack, all the boats were destroyed by fire from the Russian ship's regular weapons 300 kilometers (about 186 miles) southeast of Sevastopol," the ministry said, adding there were no casualties. 

A similar incident took place on May 24, when Moscow claims three Ukrainian unmanned boats tried to attack the Russian ship Ivan Khurs, which was also monitoring the pipeline and Turkish route, according to Russian state news agency TASS. 

The drones were, likewise, destroyed by the ship’s standard weapons, according to TASS. 

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