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'Successful' Ukrainian naval drone strike disables 2 Russian shadow fleet tankers, source says
Ukrainian Sea Baby naval drones struck two sanctioned Russian oil tankers, Kairos and Virat, on Nov. 28, disabling vessels tied to the Kremlin's shadow fleet, a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) source told the Kyiv Independent on Nov.
On November 3, 2025, the Ukrainian Navy launched a coordinated drone assault on the Syvash drilling platform off the coast of occupied Crimea. Once an emblem of Ukraine’s energy ambitions, the platform—part of the so-called Boyko Towers—had been seized by Russia in 2014 and transformed into a fortified surveillance outpost.
A senior Ukrainian defense official told Business Insider that the Delta system has increased combat efficiency and decision-making speed.
Finland is joining the maritime capability coalition led by the United Kingdom and Norway, which aims to support the development of the Ukrainian Navy. — Ukrinform.
Widescale Russian attack on Ukraine kills six, injures dozens, as Kyiv seeks US support for a resolution to the war.