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Ukraine hits Russian submarine with underwater drone in Novorossiysk port
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Ukraine mentioned Monday it carried out an underwater drone assault that significantly broken a Russian Kilo-class submarine docked within the port of Novorossiysk, marking the primary recognized assault of its form.
The Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU) mentioned its underwater drones “Sub Sea Child” struck a Russian submarine geared up with 4 launchers for Kalibr cruise missiles used to focus on Kiev and different components of the nation.
The operation was carried out by the Ukrainian Navy and the thirteenth Major Directorate of Navy Counterintelligence of the SBU.
Video launched by the SBU exhibits a number of ships docked on the Novorossiysk naval base in Russia’s Krasnodar area earlier than a significant explosion occurred.
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Ukraine’s safety service mentioned its underwater drones “Sub Sea Child” struck a Russian submarine on Monday, December 15, 2025. (Ukraine Safety Service through APTN)
The bottom has change into a key refuge for the Russian fleet as Ukraine intensifies assaults on Sevastopol and different occupied Crimean ports.
The SBU mentioned the submarine was compelled to stay in Novorossiysk resulting from different Ukrainian operations, together with the usage of Sea Child floor drones that drove Russia’s Black Sea Fleet out of Sevastopol Bay.
A spokesman for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet denied that the assault prompted any harm, writing on Telegram that no submarines or crews have been injured.
President Vladimir Putin visits the destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov on the Black Sea Fleet naval base in Novorossiysk, Russia, on September 23, 2014. (Sasha Mordovets/Getty)
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“[Ukraine] has as soon as once more confirmed that minnows can swallow sharks with the assistance of innovation,” drone skilled Brett Velicovich advised Fox Information Digital. “Underwater drones are the subsequent evolution in drone warfare.”
The submarine assault comes as Russia continues to launch large-scale drone and missile assaults on Ukraine and as the US works to finish Russian President Vladimir Putin’s battle.
A mom weeps on the coffin of her son, Oleh Borovyk, a Ukrainian soldier who died in preventing with Russian forces close to Pokrovsk, throughout his funeral ceremony in Boiarka, Ukraine, on December 3, 2025. (Evgeni Maloletka/AP)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his negotiating staff met with US Particular Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, in Berlin on Sunday to debate safety ensures for Ukraine.
Zelenskyy additionally had conversations with European leaders earlier this week on a broader political framework to finish the battle, safe long-term safety for Ukraine and assist the nation’s post-war restoration.