They were accused of the Armed Forces: in the Black Sea attacked the Russian ship "Azov" - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
The publication of the Russian department reports that the ship was attacked by six drones, which allegedly were destroyed by fire from regular weapons. The ship's crew was not injured. According to the press service, the incident happened 300 km southeast of Sevastopol. Traditionally, the enemy accuses the Armed Forces of Ukraine of attack.
"Today, about 1 hour 30 minutes in Moscow time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt to attack six marine high -propelled boats by the Black Sea Fleet Ship. - The message says. At the same time, according to the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country, at the time of attack in the air above the central part of the Black Sea was the reconnaissance drone RQ-4B "Global Hawk" US Air Force.
It should be noted that at the time of publication, Ukrainian official sources did not comment on the event, and there are no video or photo materials that could confirm or refute information. The Azovsky Project ship 864 is the third generation of intelligence ships created in the Soviet era. Ships of this type are intended to solve problems, including the detection of submarines in the sea and the ocean.
Visually "Azov" differs in the presence of a large number of external antennas - the ship is equipped with complexes of radio intelligence, radio technical and hydroacoustic intelligence, as well as complexes of radio communication. Weaponed a ship's automatic artillery installation of 30 mm AK-306M, as well as missile weapons-Igla MSR and 16 anti-aircraft missiles.
The reconnaissance ship can be on the open sea up to 45 days with a range of swimming 7900 nautical miles (more than 14 thousand kilometers). The Azovsky ship is quite large. It has a length of almost 100 meters and 15 m wide. The team can reach up to 220 sailors and officers. We will remind, on May 24 in the Black Sea waters near the shores of Turkey attacked the Russian reconnaissance ship of the Black Sea Fleet "Ivan Hurs".