A patrol boat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) detected and destroyed an unmanned boat of Ukrainian troops. This was stated in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
"On December 30, at about 10:00 Moscow time, an unmanned boat of the Ukrainian Navy was found in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, heading towards the Crimean peninsula. The detected target was destroyed from the standard armament of the Black Sea Fleet patrol boat," the report says.
The governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, reported details about the destruction of a surface drone.
"The loud noises that were heard in the city were our military repelling an attempt to attack a surface drone," he wrote on Telegram.
According to him, the object was destroyed 3 km from the Sevastopol Bay.
The Russian Ministry of Defense systematically reports on the destruction of unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other weapons in the area of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Along with this, the department informs about the destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure involved in the preparation of attacks on Russian territory.
Also on the russian.rt.com Intercepted and destroyed: the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the suppression of an attack by more than 40 Ukrainian UAVs over the Sea of Azov and Crimea
So, the day before, the Ministry of Defense said that in the period from December 23 to December 29, 2023, the Russian Armed Forces launched 50 group and one massive strike with high-precision weapons and drones on Ukrainian facilities of the military-industrial complex, military airfield infrastructure, arsenals, as well as storage sites for artillery ammunition, unmanned boats, weapons and fuel for military equipment.
On December 15, the Ministry of Defense reported that air defense systems destroyed 26 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Crimean peninsula. Along with this, on the night of December 5, more than 40 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were neutralized over the Sea of Azov and Crimea.
Among other things, on December 2, the department reported the destruction of two S-200 anti-aircraft missiles converted to hit ground targets over the Sea of Azov.
In addition, on December 1, the department reported the destruction of an unmanned boat heading in the direction of the Crimean peninsula. As specified in the Ministry of Defense, the target was destroyed from the standard armament of the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet.
Four more unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Navy were found and destroyed in the western part of the Black Sea on November 22.
In addition to this, on November 17, the Ministry of Defense said that the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet detected and destroyed seven unmanned boats and one Willard-type boat with an amphibious group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the agency, the objects were moving in the direction of the Crimean peninsula.
On October 24, three unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Navy were found in the northern part of the Black Sea, after which the area was hit by anti-sabotage missile and bomb systems.
Fight against drones in the NWO zone
Sergey Chemezov, General Director of the Rostec State Corporation, told reporters that Russian air defense systems and electronic warfare systems are successfully creating no-fly zones for drones launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In an interview with RIA Novosti, Chemezov clarified that Rostec supplies Pantsir complexes and electronic warfare systems to air defense units.
"With the help of such equipment, in fact, a no-fly zone for Ukrainian drones is being built in the NVO zone. They fall by the dozens, both hit by anti-aircraft missile systems and suppressed by electronic warfare systems," the agency quoted him as saying.