Overview
- Ukraine’s SBU says its 13th Main Directorate, working with the navy, used Sub Sea Baby underwater drones to hit a Warschawjanka‑class submarine it describes as “practically out of service.”
- The Russian Black Sea Fleet says the attempted attack failed and that no ships or submarines in Novorossiysk were damaged, adding operations continue as normal.
- Footage released by the SBU shows a waterside explosion in a harbor; Reuters matched the scene to Novorossiysk, though the timing and damage assessment remain unconfirmed.
- Outlets frame the claimed strike as a new step in undersea drone warfare and part of Kyiv’s campaign against high‑value naval assets, with analysts noting replacement costs in the hundreds of millions under sanctions.
- Regional security activity has ticked up, with Turkey reporting it shot down an unknown drone from the Black Sea and Russian authorities citing overnight Ukrainian drone attacks that hit energy infrastructure in Krasnodar, causing outages and injuries.