Video posted by the Ukrainian military purports to show the moment it destroyed a Russian boat.
The missile strike on a KS-701 patrol boat killed six Russian forces, according to the Ukrainian navy.
But since the 2022 invasion, Kyiv has invested heavily in both aerial and naval drone technology, threatening not just Russian forces — and oil tankers — but the Kerch Bridge.
The release of the video Sunday is likely intended to boost morale as Ukrainian forces are bogged down in a counteroffensive that has cost thousands of lives.
Last month, US officials told The New York Times that about 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion last year (compared to about 120,000 Russian soldiers killed in action).
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