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Ukraine says it has destroyed a Russian minesweeper in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine celebrated the loss of the\u00a0Kovrovets minesweeper on X.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Ukraine claims to have destroyed or disabled a third of Russian ships in the Black Sea during the war.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ukrainian forces destroyed Russia’s Kovrovets sea minesweeper, the Ukrainian Navy reported on Telegram<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with their comrades, continue to bring us closer to victory,” the Ukrainian Navy wrote on its Telegram channel.<\/p>\n No information on where the attack took place or what weapons were used to target the Kovrovets, but Ukraine has had notable success in tormenting the Russian fleet with <\/span>exploding drone boats.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine took to X (formerly Twitter)<\/a> to celebrate the Russian Navy’s latest loss.<\/p>\n Another bad day for the russian Black Sea Fleet.<\/p>\n Overnight, Ukrainian defenders destroyed a russian minesweeper Project 266M “Kovrovets”. \u2014 Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n The Kovrovets, a Project 266M Natya class minesweeper, was used for mine-sweeping operations, reconnaissance, and control sweeping, Euromaidan Press reports<\/a>. It had also been deployed off the coast of in Syria.<\/p>\n The Soviet-era minesweepers were built in the 1970s and 1980s and carried a crew of 68.<\/p>\n In March, the Ukrainian Navy told AP News<\/a> that Ukraine had destroyed or disabled one-third of all Russian warships that had been stationed in the Black Sea before the war.<\/p>\n The latest sinking of a Russian warship follows attacks on Novorossiysk on Friday. The Russian port has become an important base for the Black Sea Fleet after repeated attacks on its traditional base in Crimea.<\/p>\n It appears the attack on Novorossiysk was part of Ukraine’s biggest drone attack ever.<\/a><\/p>\n Satellite images from April<\/a> indicate that Russia was beefing up its defenses for its Black Sea Fleet naval base in Novorossiysk.<\/p>\n However, Novorossiysk was struck<\/a> by Ukrainian missiles and drones this weekend.<\/p>\n As Ukraine maintains pressure on Russia in Crimea and the Black Sea region, its troops have struggled to fend off Russian advances along the eastern front, particularly near Kharkiv.<\/p>\n Despite progress made by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was not experiencing a shortage of artillery shells<\/a> for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n Read the original article on Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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