Ukrainian forces strike Russian military frigate in Novorossiysk port and oil rig
Photo: The frigate Admiral Grigorovich (wikipedia.org)
On the night of Monday, April 6, the Unmanned Systems Forces struck the Russian military frigate Admiral Grigorovich in the port of Novorossiysk and the Syvash drilling rig, according to Robert Brovdi, call sign Magyar, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"On the night of April 6, Unmanned Systems Forces struck the frigate Admiral Grigorovich in the port of Novorossiysk and delivered some blessed fire to the Syvash drilling rig," he says.
He notes that the operation was carried out by the military of the 1st Operational Command of the Unmanned Systems Forces, planned and coordinated by the SBU. Magyar adds that the extent of the damage is being assessed by intelligence.
The strike on the floating drilling rig Syvash was carried out by the military of the 413th Operational Group Raid in conjunction with the Navy’s deep-strike forces.
The commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces states that the Admiral Grigorovich is the first military frigate of the Burevestnik project of the Russian Navy. It is equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles (eight units) and the Shtil-1 air defense system (24 missiles). The air defense missiles were launched directly from the frigate as it approached the target, which did not prevent the strike from being carried out.
Other strikes on Russian targets
On the night of April 5, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck strategic Russian targets. In particular, the attack sparked a massive fire at the Lukoil oil refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region, which supplies fuel to the Moscow region.
Ukrainian soldiers are also destroying the latest Russian developments. Recently, the Birds of Magyar unit destroyed a secret Russian Spirit satellite communications terminal for the first time, which the Russians had been using as an alternative to Starlink.
Over the past month, Ukrainian defenders have demonstrated record-breaking effectiveness. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the number of Russian targets struck in March exceeded 151,000.
