Ukrainian authorities say they have sunk a large Russian amphibious ship off the coast of Russia-controlled southern Crimea. The use of unmanned vessels has increased pressure on the Russian Navy operating in the Black Sea.
On the 14th, the Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced that it had used multiple unmanned boats to attack and sink the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet's large amphibious landing ship ``Cesary Kunikov'' off the coast of Crimea.
Footage released by the Defense Ministry's Intelligence Directorate that appears to have been taken from an unmanned boat shows the ship snaking toward a ship at sea, an explosion, smoke rising, and a hole in the ship's hull. It's reflected.
The Ukrainian side continues to increase pressure on the Russian Black Sea Fleet based in Crimea, and in December last year, it destroyed a large landing ship of the same type as this one with a missile, and on February 1, it destroyed a large landing ship of the same type as this one. announced that it was sunk by an unmanned boat attack.
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 14th that it had ``thwarted an attack by Ukraine using plane-type unmanned aerial vehicles'' and said it had intercepted six aircraft over the Black Sea. No statement has been made.
Against this backdrop, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill on the 14th that would confiscate assets of anyone who spreads false information about Russian military activities or calls for activities that endanger Russia's security. .
Almost two years have passed since the start of the military invasion, and the Putin administration has further tightened its control over information.