Ukraine attacks Russian military ship and oil platform in Caspian Sea with drones

The statement from the command of the Special Operational Forces specifies that it is one of the modern Russian second-rank patrol vessels of project 22460 ‘Okhotnik’which combine capabilities for maritime border protection, patrolling and situation control, and have weapons and equipment to perform a wide range of tasks in coastal waters.

“The objective was successfully reached by several drones from the Special Operations Forces,” highlights the report published on Facebook.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces assured on that same social network that the ship was patrolling the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas extraction platform.

The drones They also reached this platform at the Filanovski deposit, belonging to the Lukoil company, and whose initial reserves are estimated at approximately 129 million tons of oil and 30,000 million cubic meters of gas.

“The platform is responsible for the extraction of oil and gas, the export of which fills Russia’s coffers and finances the war,” and is also involved in supplying the Russian armed forces, the report adds, noting that the extent of the damage suffered by the facility after the attack and its ability to continue operating is being determined.

The General Staff also reported that “in order to reduce the enemy’s offensive capabilities, the RSP-6M2 radar system was recently destroyed in the Krasnosilsk area,” in the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014.

The RSP-6M2 is designed to regulate air traffic, in particular to ensure the precision of landing maneuvers in conditions of poor visibility, precise.

At least eight people died and 27 others were injured in a Russian missile attack on the night of Friday to Saturday against a port infrastructure in the Odessa region, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported this Saturday. “Eight people died and another 27 were injured as a result of the attack with Russian missiles against a port infrastructure,” says the statement, published on Telegram.

“Some of the victims were on a bus that was at the epicenter of the attack. Trucks were set on fire in the parking lot and some passenger cars were also damaged. Emergency services extinguished all the fires,” he added.

The head of the Odessa military administration, Oleg Kiper, for his part, put the death toll at seven and the wounded at 25.

Operational and emergency services continue to work at the scene, and doctors and rescue teams are doing everything possible to save and care for those affected, he added in a message on Telegram.