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Ukraine is mounting missiles on its naval drones, an official told the Financial Times.
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It has used them to attack Russian positions in occupied Mykolaiv, the official told the FT.
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A video of a reported attack shows a naval drone firing several missiles at Russian targets.
Ukraine has mounted missiles on its feared naval drones and is using them to attack Russian land targets, a Ukrainian official said.
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The official said they were used on Monday to attack Russian positions on the Kinburn Spit in the occupied Mykolaiv region.
An unnamed security source appeared to confirm the upgrade and the attack on the Kiev Independent.
“This technological solution is already showing strong results,” the source told the outlet.
“So new surprises await the enemy,” they added.
Ukraine’s security service did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
But a video shared by Russian and Ukrainian sources showing a Navy drone firing several missiles appeared to support the reports.
According to Anton Gerashchenko, a former adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, who shared the footage on X, the video shows an unmanned drone on the surface “launching missiles” at Russian positions near the Kinburn Spit.
Ukrainian military website Militarnyi reported that the video shows a Ukrainian unmanned boat equipped with an MLRS firing at least six grenades at Russian positions.
In a post of its own, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said that sea baby drones were equipped with ‘Grad’ missile launchers and had become ‘even more deadly’ for the Russian fleet.
Business Insider could not independently verify the time or location of the video.
Ukraine has frequently deployed its naval drones over the course of the war, equipped with larger nuclear warheads and deployed against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet with devastating effect.
The Kiev Independent reported that six of them took part last week in what may be Ukraine’s largest naval drone attack, targeting the two major Russian naval ports of Sevastopol and Novorossiysk.
Ukraine previously used naval drones equipped with missiles to attack Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in January, and what appeared to be heat-seeking missiles to attack Russian naval assets earlier this month.
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