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We fought with 5 unmanned boats for 40 minutes. Defense Intelligence publishes interception of russians after

We fought with 5 unmanned boats for 40 minutes. Defense Intelligence publishes interception of russians after attack on “Sergey Kotov” ship

The Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published the interception of the conversation of the commander of the russian brigade after the attack on the patrol ship "Sergey Kotov".

"The commander of the 184th brigade of water district protection ships (Novorossiysk), under whose command the patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the russian federation "Sergey Kotov" was, describes the details of the destruction of the vessel," the caption under the video reads.

According to him, the russian ship was attacked at 00:50 by "unmanned boats in the amount of 5 units".

"I don't know how they fought with them there for 40 minutes. Because in 40 minutes there was information that there were 5 unmanned boats in the “Kotov” area. There was also a helicopter, the ship itself with AK-176-300 weapons," says the russian commander.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, overnight into Tuesday, March 5, the russian patrol ship project 22160 "Sergey Kotov" was hit in Crimea. It was attacked by Magura V5 naval drones and received three damages at once.

"Sergey Kotov" is a modular patrol ship of project 22160. It is one of the newest ships in the navy of the aggressor country of the russian federation. It was launched in 2021 and became the fourth ship in the series, joining the ranks of the Black Sea Fleet of russia.

The total displacement is 1,800 tons, the crew consists of 28 people, the sailing autonomy is up to 60 days. The cost of the sunken ship is about USD 65 million.

Corvette "Sergey Kotov" was introduced into the composition of the Black Sea Fleet of the russian federation on July 30, 2022, already after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, thus, it is the newest of the ships affected during the war, informs journalist Andrii Tsaplienko.

The ship cost the russian budget USD 100 million. Kalibr missiles and other weapons could be installed on board.

In addition, the destroyed "Sergey Kotov" together with the cruiser "Moskva" took part in the attack on the Zmiyinyi Island.