Ukrainian Drones Sink Russian Warship, Confirming Weeks-Later Verification

The Black Sea Fleet suffers significant losses, unable to replace sunk ships due to Turkey's control of the Bosporus Strait.

Ukrainian drone boats destroyed a Russian 'Tarantul' warship at its pier in Sevastopol in late December 2023, but the sinking was only confirmed weeks later.
The Black Sea Fleet has lost roughly a fifth of its pre-war force due to Ukrainian airborne and seaborne drones, ground-launched rockets and air-launched missiles.
The Black Sea Fleet cannot replace the bigger sunk ships because Turkey controls the only way into the Black Sea—the Bosporus Strait—and does not allow foreign warships to pass through during wartime.
Ukrainian forces have regained control of the western Black Sea and the vital grain corridor that threads north to south through it.
Vice Adm. Oleksii Neizhpapa, commander of the Ukrainian navy, has a master list of all Black Sea Fleet ships and crosses out each one as they are sunk.