Ukrainian defense forces inflicted losses on the naval fleet of the Russian invaders in the south. This was reported by the “Southern” operational command. The Ukrainian army reported that on June 1, two high-speed landing craft of the Russian invaders were destroyed in the Dnieper-Bug estuary.

It was noted that Russian high-speed landing craft were destroyed by missile and artillery units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to the command, the Russian invaders hid two landing craft in the Dnieper-Bug estuary, ready to carry out sabotage and reconnaissance operations in the Ukrainian-controlled coastal area.

But the Ukrainian army did not specify in its report which project boats from the Defense Forces in Southern Ukraine were fired.

Also, OK noted that in the “South”, in recent days 21 Russian armies, 1 anti-aircraft and 1 self-propelled artillery, 4 T-72 tanks, 4 armored and 3 vehicle rigs, 3 UAVs and 3 fields. ammunition storage points were liquidated We have previously stated that the number of high-speed patrol boats belonging to the project 03160 “Raptor”, which the Russian Federation Black Sea Fleet lost in May, could reach 5 units.

This conclusion can be reached by analyzing videos distributed by the military on 2 and 8 May. The first video released by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, shows hits on two “Raptors”. On May 8, 2022, the Ukrainian Navy released a video showing the destruction of three enemy boats. In total, Russia, according to open data, built 17 such boats. 7 of them served in the Black Sea Fleet. Source