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Ukrainian Navy’s Largest Ship Sunk In Drone Strike: Russian Defence Ministry

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The Ukrainian Navy’s Simferopol, its largest ship in over a decade, was sunk by a naval drone in the Danube River’s delta in Odessa Region, the Russian Defence Ministry reported.

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The medium-sized ship was hit in the Danube River's delta. (Image: X)

The medium-sized ship was hit in the Danube River’s delta. (Image: X)

The Ukrainian Navy’s reconnaissance ship Simferopol, the largest vessel commissioned by Ukraine in over a decade, was struck and sunk by a naval drone, the Russian Defence Ministry announced on Thursday.

The Laguna-class, medium-sized ship, equipped for radio, electronic, radar, and optical reconnaissance, was hit in the Danube River’s delta, located in Ukraine’s Odessa Region, according to a Defence Ministry statement as reported by RT.

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