The Russian unmanned surface vessel was first used in combat and achieved its first victory. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian unmanned surface vessel attacked the Ukrainian Navy's medium reconnaissance ship "Simferopol" at the mouth of the Danube River, causing the ship to sink.
"Simferopol" is a medium reconnaissance ship, which was modified from the hull of a 502EM project tugboat, equipped with the Merkior radio technical reconnaissance station and imported wideband direction-finding antennas. From the beginning of its construction, the ship has encountered misfortune, for example, on May 29, 2019, the ship caught fire, affecting its service time. According to Ukrainian sources, the ship was conducting factory sea trials at the mouth of the Danube River when it was attacked by a Russian unmanned surface vessel, could not resist, and was finally sunk. This is also the first time the Russian military has used an unmanned surface vessel to attack the Ukrainian forces, changing the previous situation where they were only being attacked by Ukrainian unmanned surface vessels.
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