Military aviation of the Ukrainian Navy has prevented a russian landing in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, the Naval Forces' press service reports. As a result, six enemy personnel were eliminated and two more injured, the KS-701 Tunets boat they came in was destroyed as well.
As follows from the video published by the Navy, a Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle was deployed. The footage starts with a strike shown in thermal view, followed by a camera view.
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The KS-701 Tunets is a patrol boat mostly used by russian border guard and emergency services. The hull is 8.8 meters (29 feet) in length, and 2.5 m (8 ft) wide. Various sources say it can take 6 to 10 people aboard, plus a captain.
The maximum speed is 37.8 knots (700 km/h; 435 mph). The operational range is 200 nautic miles (370 km or 230 miles).
This should be the 19th confirmed destruction of a naval vessel by the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the russian invasion.
Earlier Defense Express reported that recently Turkish arms maker Baykar had gifted another Bayraktar TB2 aerial vehicle to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The TB2 drones are in service with Ukraine's Navy.
With their capability to both monitor surroundings and deploy weapons, such as precision-guided MAM-C missiles, these drones became well-known symbols of Ukrainian resistance to russian aggression thanks to their prominent role in destroying russian military columns in the first weeks of the invasion onward.
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