{"id":634381,"date":"2025-12-15T17:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/634381\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T17:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:50:18","slug":"ukraines-attack-disables-russian-submarine-in-novorossiysk-port-for-first-time-since-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/634381\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s attack disables Russian submarine in Novorossiysk port for first time since 2022\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RUSSIA, NOVOROSSIYSK,<\/strong> Dec. 15 \u2014 Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) severely <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/SBUkr\/16417\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">damaged<\/a> Varshavianka (Kilo in NATO classification) submarine of class 636.6 with underwater drone Sub Sea Baby in Novorossiysk port. The SBU reported that the Russian submarine has been effectively disabled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Russian submarine carried four launch systems for the Kalibr cruise missile. Russia uses them for attacks on Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Security Service said the submarine was forced to remain in Novorossiysk port after Ukraine\u2019s successful strikes on ships in Sevastopol bay in occupied Crimea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cost of a Varshavianka-class submarine is approximately $400 million dollars. This class of submarine is also known as the Black Hole because of its hull\u2019s ability to absorb sounds and remain undetectable by sonar.<\/p>\n<p>SBU added that because of international sanctions that have been imposed against Russia, the construction of a similar submarine could now cost up to $500 million dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was a joint operation of the 13th Main department of counterintelligence of SBU and Ukrainian Navy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Near 8,000 hectares of agricultural land to be <a href=\"https:\/\/gwaramedia.com\/en\/near-8000-hectares-of-agricultural-land-to-be-demined-in-kharkiv-region\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow noopener\">demined<\/a> in Kharkiv region\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/gwaramedia.com\/en\/russia-equips-geran-2-drones-with-missile-to-shoot-down-ukrainian-air-defence-jets-intelligence-agency-says\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow noopener\">equips<\/a> Geran-2 drones with missile to shoot down Ukrainian air defence jets, intelligence agency says\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine keeps <a href=\"https:\/\/gwaramedia.com\/en\/ukraine-keeps-pushing-russian-troops-out-of-kupiansk-frees-civilian-hostages-military-says\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow noopener\">pushing<\/a> Russian troops out of Kupiansk, frees civilian hostages, military says<\/li>\n<li>Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/gwaramedia.com\/en\/russia-hits-42-settlements-of-kharkiv-oblast-with-airstrikes-killing-1-injuring-18-including-child-over-past-week\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow noopener\">hits<\/a> 42 settlements of Kharkiv oblast with airstrikes, killing 1, injuring 18, including child, over past week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#d5f3ff\">Hi! Winter has come, and Russian airstrikes on power infrastructure disrupt our daily lives &amp; work a lot here in Kharkiv. Despite it all, we keep working to bring you reports from the city and the Kharkiv region. <strong>Please consider supporting our newsroom with <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/gwaramedia\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>a one-time tip<\/strong><\/a><strong>, or become a <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/gwaramedia\/membership\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>member of our community<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1262\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frame-10-1262x388.png.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-227049 lazy\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>If you have found an error, highlight the necessary fragment and press Shift + Enter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RUSSIA, NOVOROSSIYSK, Dec. 15 \u2014 Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) severely damaged Varshavianka (Kilo in NATO classification) submarine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,7661,176391,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-634381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-russia-ukraine-war","11":"tag-sbu","12":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115724854138593341","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}