“[The Russian submarine, estimated to be worth approximately $400 million,] suffered critical damage and was effectively out of service.” ~ Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦
#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Ukraine’s Security Service said its underwater drones hit a Russian submarine in the port of Novorossiysk on Dec. 15, the first such attack it has reported, knocking the vessel out of service.
The attack used Sea baby navel drones to target a Varshavyanka-class submarine which the SBU said carried four launchers for Kalibr cruise missiles, which are regularly used by Russia to strike Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.
The strike was conducted jointly by the 13th Main Directorate of Military Counterintelligence of the SBU and the Ukrainian Navy.
“The ship suffered critical damage and was effectively out of service,” the SBU wrote on Telegram.
According to the agency, the submarine is estimated to be worth approximately $400 million, but due to international sanctions, the cost of constructing a replacement could rise to $500 million, it said.
The SBU added that the submarine had been docked in Novorossiysk after earlier successful strikes by Ukrainian surface drones had forced the Russian Navy to withdraw from Sevastopol, in occupied Crimea.
Video: SBU.
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