Ukraine's Security Service hits Russian missile boat, cargo vessels, and oil platform
Photo: The SBU strikes Russian missile boat, cargo ships, and offshore oil platform (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) carried out a new wave of drone strikes on Russian targets, hitting a missile boat, two cargo vessels, a radar system, and an offshore oil platform, according to SBU press service.
According to the SBU, its long-range drones successfully struck a number of military targets in Rostov-on-Don overnight on July 25.
The operation resulted in the following:
- A 92N6E Grave Stone multifunctional radar station and its antenna tower were hit. The system is a key component of the S-400 Triumf air defense system, which Russia uses to launch strikes against Ukraine;
- A Tor-M2 surface-to-air missile system and a Pole-21 electronic warfare system were destroyed;
- Two warehouses storing FPV drones were hit;
- An offshore oil platform at the Filanovsky oil field in the Caspian Sea was struck;
- The cargo vessel Port Olya 2 and the dry cargo ship Begey were hit. Both vessels are under international sanctions and were used to transport military cargo between Iran and Russia;
- A Project 12418 Molniya-class missile boat was hit.
Ukraine's strikes on Russian targets
As reported earlier, Ukraine's Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes on key Russian facilities overnight and into the morning of July 25. Among the targets were an oil refinery in Tyumen, a Wildberries warehouse in Yekaterinburg, and a fuel and lubricants storage depot in Rostov-on-Don.
Ukrainian forces also struck a facility in Kirov that supplies components for the weapons Russia uses to attack Ukraine.
There were also significant results from Ukraine's long-range strikes in the Caspian Sea, including vessels involved in transporting military cargo from Iran, as well as a Russian military ship.
