Sea drone attacks Russian ship in Black Sea

The strike on a Russian navy base near Novorossiysk is the latest by Ukrainian sea drones against Russian military vessels and bases in the Black Sea

Engine: Electric or hybrid

MAGURA V5
Fully-indigenous attack drone

Guidance: Mesh radio with airborne repeater or satellite communication

Payload: 300kg of explosive

SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 5.5m 
Cruise speed: 
Burst speed: 
Range:
Width: 1.5m
22 knots (40km/h) 
42 knots (78km/h) 
800km

UKRAINE
CRIMEA
ROMANIA
200km 125 miles
1 2 3 4 
Kyiv
RUSSIA
Russian control
BLACK SEA
Bosphorus Strait
TURKEY


KEY SEA DRONE ATTACKS
1 Oct 29, 2022: Attack by airborne and underwater drones against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet HQ in Sevastopol damages at least three ships

2 May 25, 2023: Russian intelligence-gathering ship Ivan Khurs attacked by three unmanned speedboats, north of Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait

3 Jul 17: Two people killed
in blast on Kerch Bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea

4 Aug 4: Russian Navy landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak damaged in sea drone attack against Novorossiysk naval base, Ukraine claims

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Sources: Reuters, Navy Recognition, CNN, BBC