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Naval drone hits Russian landing ship at Novorossiysk
Summary
A look back at 4 August 2023, when a Ukrainian naval drone attack damaged a Russian vessel in port, two days after a strike on Izmail.
What did a single drone attack at a Russian naval base show on 4 August 2023? On that date, a Ukrainian naval drone attack damaged the Russian landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak at the naval base at the Port of Novorossiysk, in Krasnodar Krai.
The attack was reported as part of a series of strikes on western Russia during the 2022–2023 phase of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It targeted a vessel inside a Russian naval base rather than at sea, and it relied on an uncrewed naval weapon.
The exchange of strikes
Two days earlier, on 2 August 2023, a Russian drone strike in Izmail, in Odesa Oblast, damaged administrative buildings and grain storage facilities. Together, the two incidents show both sides using drones against targets tied to ports and maritime activity: Russia against Ukrainian infrastructure, Ukraine against a Russian warship.
The damage to the Olenegorsky Gornyak is the confirmed outcome of the 4 August attack.
