Russia recently used Iranian kamikaze drones to target sites only 200 meters from the Romanian border, where NATO territory starts. Moreover, the British Ministry of Defense said Friday that Russia is taking risks to prevent grain exports from Ukraine. Since then, the Russian army has repeatedly bombarded Ukrainian coastal regions, severely damaging port infrastructure and food storage facilities. More than 17 months after the start of Russia's unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the situation in the Black Sea is particularly tense after Moscow canceled an agreement to allow for the export of Ukrainian grain a few weeks ago. In the future, he added, Ukraine would ensure 'freedom and security in the Black Sea for world trade.'

The Russian naval presence in the Black Sea 'will be put to an end,' he said.

Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office in Kyiv, said on Friday that Ukrainian naval drones would completely change 'the rules of the game.' The Russian Defense Ministry had earlier claimed that the attack had been repelled, but videos show the drone hitting the ship and images show it tipped on its side.Įven pro-war Russian military bloggers published photos and videos of the ship on its side and wrote about the damage. Yusov added that the incident represented a 'tragedy' for Russian propaganda. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which loads oil in Novorossiysk, said earlier that shipping had been temporarily suspended. Later images showed the Olenegorski Gornyak, commissioned in 1976, lying tilted on its side in Novorossiysk Bay. More recently, Kyiv has also used unmanned explosive boats against Russian targets. However, last year it sank the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Moskva. It was reportedly a joint operation between the SBU and Ukrainian Navy, media in Kyiv further reported.

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