The Ukrainian military says it has destroyed two Russian patrol boats

The Ukrainian military said Monday that it had destroyed two Russian patrol boats near Snake Island in the Black Sea, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance since the start of the Moscow offensive on February 24.

“Two Russian raptor-class ships were destroyed near Snake Island today,” Valery Jalusny, commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, wrote in a video on Facebook. Sees two boats hit by two separate missiles.

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“Bayraktar is working,” he said, adding that the war drone used in Turkey was used in both of these attacks.

Moscow has not confirmed the information on its behalf.

Russian Raptor-class patrol boats are one of the fastest spacecraft in the Russian Navy, reaching speeds of up to 90 km / h at full speed.

They can carry up to 20 players in addition to a team of three.

The island of snakes has become a symbol in Ukraine from a viral radio transmission on social networks, in which, on the first day of the conflict, the Ukrainian border guards shouted “Fuck you, Russian military ship!” To the Russian ship, Moscow, which ordered them to surrender.

After this exchange, the ship bombed the island, the Russians captured it, and the Ukrainian soldiers were taken prisoner. They were later released on a prisoner exchange with Moscow.

The recording of this verbal exchange served as an inspiration for the Ukrainian opposition, with border guards appearing on banners and Ukrainian stamps during pro-government protests abroad.

Kiev says Russia’s Black Sea Navy flagship Moskva was hit by Ukrainian missiles and sank in mid-April. Moscow, for its part, said the ship was damaged by an explosion.