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Ukraine Hits Russian Naval Vessels and S-400 System in Crimea
The Security Service of Ukraine used drones to strike two Russian military supply vessels, Volga and Vyatka, and the cargo-passenger ferry Petropavlovsk at the Zatoka shipyard in occupied Kerch, causing large fires on the ships.
Volga and Vyatka were being built for the Russian Ministry of Defense to deploy the Harmony underwater acoustic surveillance system and to lay naval mines targeting ships and critical infrastructure; each vessel costs hundreds of millions of dollars.
SBU drones also destroyed weapons and a radar station of the Russian S-400 air defense missile system covering the Kerch Strait, degrading the air defense network.
These strikes are part of a 40-day operation approved by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aiming to weaken Russia's military and logistical capabilities in Crimea to pressure Russia towards peace.