Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) have struck a Russian Svetlyak-class border patrol vessel in temporarily occupied Crimea.
According to Ukrinform, USF Commander Robert Brovdi, known by the call sign Madyar, announced the operation on Facebook and released footage of the strike.
Brovdi said that during the night of June 4, the Birds of Madyar unit carried out a successful strike on a Project 10410 Svetlyak-class patrol ship in the settlement of Yurkyne, Crimea.
The vessel is designed for the protection and control of ports and shipping lanes, as well as for establishing tactical air-defense and anti-submarine defense perimeters.
The ship is 49.5 meters long and is equipped with 16 sets of Igla man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), an AK-176 artillery mount, 14.5-mm machine-gun installations, and six-barrel anti-aircraft guns. It has a crew of 28 personnel and an operational endurance of 10 days, with a range of approximately 2,200 nautical miles.
