The crew reflected 40 minutes: Sergey Kotov ship attacked five drones (intercepting)

The corresponding video was posted in the press service of the department on Tuesday, March 5. The Russian commander calls the destruction of the Russian ship on a released record. According to him, at 00:50, the non -exicip boats in the amount of five units attacked a small patrol ship "Kotov", which "together with us carries combat duty on air defense and is, respectively, in my management.

" In addition, he stated that the crew of the Russian ship tried to fight Ukrainian sea drones for about forty minutes. "It was attacked with 5 backs. I don't know how they fought with them for 40 minutes. Because, 40 minutes before, there was information that there were 5 backs in the area of" Kotova ". There was a helicopter, the ship itself, bl **, with weapons, AK-176630, "he said. It should be noted earlier, the focus told what a special Russian patrol ship "Sergei Kotov" of the project 22160.

A ship that has a length of 94 meters, suitable for launching drones "Orlan-10" and can transport one KA-52 helicopter. On the deck-an artillery installation of AK-176ma a caliber 6. 2 mm, as well as machine guns. Crew - 28 people. The first reports of the possible hit on "Sergey Kotov" appeared on the network in the morning of March 5. Russian propagandists have suggested that there was a massive attack of Ukrainian drones in Crimea, who struck from the air and from the sea.

The local population reported at least four explosions, while the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was silent about an emergency. Later, the Ministry of Defense stated that the Magura V5 drones attacked a Russian warship. They assured that the ship is already in a non -working condition: the records from the scene shows how several explosions really occur on the water.