Moscow. June 11. INTERFAX - The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that Ukraine's attempt to attack the Russian ship "Azov Sea" with naval drones, which monitored the safety of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the Black Sea, was stopped.
"Today, at about 1:30 Moscow time, the armed forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt to attack the ship "Azov Sea" of the Black Sea Fleet with six high-speed unmanned boats, performing the tasks of monitoring the situation and ensuring security along the routes of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the southeastern part of the Black Sea," the statement says. the message of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"During the repulse of the attack, all boats were destroyed by fire from the standard armament of the Russian ship 300 kilometers southeast of Sevastopol," the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"There are no casualties. The ship was not damaged," the message says.
"The ship "Priazovye" of the Black Sea Fleet continues to fulfill its tasks," the Russian military said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that a US strategic drone conducted reconnaissance in the Black Sea during Ukraine's attempt to attack the Russian ship "Azov Sea" with naval drones.
"During this period, as during previous similar attacks, the strategic reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle RQ-4B Global Hawk of the US Air Force conducted reconnaissance in the airspace of the central part of the Black Sea," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
On May 24, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov said that early that morning Ukraine unsuccessfully tried to attack the ship "Ivan Khurs" with three naval drones.
"All enemy boats were destroyed by fire from the standard armament of the Russian ship 140 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus Strait," Konashenkov said on May 24.
On that day, Konashenkov said that the reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs was carrying out tasks to ensure the safety of the operation of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the exclusive economic zone of Turkey.