The Ministry of Defense announced the attack of Ukrainian drones on the ship "Ivan Khurs" in the Black SeaMOSCOW, May 24 — RIA Novosti.
Ukraine tried to attack the ship "Ivan Khurs" with unmanned boats in the Black Sea, but he successfully repelled the attack, according to the summary of the Ministry of Defense.
According to the ministry, it happened at 05:30 in the morning 140 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus Strait.
"The Armed Forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt to attack the Ivan Khurs ship of the Black Sea Fleet with three unmanned high—speed boats, which performs tasks to ensure the safety of the operation of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Turkey," the Defense Ministry said.
The ship destroyed all the drones with fire from standard weapons and now continues to perform its tasks, the military department added.
They explained that after the terrorist attack on the "Northern Streams", the Russian navy strengthened the protection of such objects.
"Ivan Khurs" is a medium reconnaissance ship of project 18280. It is designed to provide communications and fleet management, conduct electronic reconnaissance, as well as conduct electronic warfare. It has a displacement of about four thousand tons, a length of about 100 meters. The cruising range is over eight thousand nautical miles. Joined the Black Sea Fleet in 2018.
Explosions on the Russian export gas pipelines "Nord Stream" and "Nord Stream — 2" occurred on September 26. According to Nord Stream AG, the accident is unprecedented and it is impossible to estimate the repair time. The Kremlin called this state of emergency an act of international terrorism. According to the American journalist Seymour Hersh, the explosives under the gas pipelines were laid by American divers, and it was activated by the Norwegians. Moreover, President Joe Biden was aware of the sabotage. The White House denies these accusations.
