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.





by KI_official

44 comments

  1. Good thing that it’s not just a claim, there’s whole video of it too

  3. The Dive Baby.

    heheh

    Baby hungry, wants more subs and ships, agugaga!

  6. Precise, symbolic (a sub used to fire missile at Ukraine), expensive, and in plain sight.

    Everything tactically that Russia can’t do.

  11. How do they even guide these underwater?

    Seems like they would have no signal

  15. Volodymyrr just pulled an Ace out of the deck!

    Cards Donald…. Ukraine are making their own hands.

  16. Its on repeat and repeat again and again . Love it!

  18. If a ruzzian warship gets promoted to submarine after it is hit, what does a submarine get promoted to?

  19. Just look at all those other targets just waiting to be blasted out of the water

  21. The world should pay attention. A country without a Navy is racking up significant naval victories. If China thinks it can float across a sea and walk into Taiwan hasn’t been paying attention to what the new rules of war are.

  22. Wild that their port seems completely unguarded and the drone could simply swim in.

  23. Hang on, Ukraine was told it hadn’t got any cards. That looks like an Ace to me

  24. I can’t wait to see the list of total losses and having a +1 at the submarine section.

  25. operations spiderweb kupiansk counter offensive now this using an underwater drone to destroy a kilo class sub.

    ukraine is proving it’s a country not to be messed with. almost starting to feel bad for the Russians (almost)

  27. That was expensive, for the Russians. Not very expensive for Ukraine

  28. Does anyone know what submarine this is exactly. I want to know which one i need to cross out on my bingo card.

  30. Just making a note here: it is impossible for Russia to get new subs into the Black Sea or build them there.

  31. The Russians will respond by targeting Ukrainian hospitals and maternity wards.
    They can’t do any better than that… losers as they are

  33. This made my shitty day a little better! Slava Ukraini!! 🇺🇦

  37. So many targets. Greedy me thinks it’s a pity they didn’t have a convoy of 10 sea babys in row to enter that exclusive ships only- marina.

  40. Submarines are not armoured vessels and explosion damages them easily.

  41. This is just a bit in Putins 8D chess masterplan to win the war

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