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complained to the European Commission, which
responded that Ukrainian attacks in no way
threaten European energy security. Hungary, in
response to the attacks on Druzhba, imposed
sanctions on Thursday, August 28th, against the
commander of Ukraine’s drone forces, Robert
Brovdi, who is, ironically, an ethnic Hungarian.
Budapest tried to ban him from entering the
Schengen area of the European Union, but
Poland declared it would welcome him at any
time. And Brovdi’s response? On Friday, August
29th, his drones attacked the Transneft-
Druzhba pumping station near Bryansk…
On Tuesday, August 19th, Ukrainian drones
also repeatedly hit a Russian fuel train near
occupied Tokmak. Several tank cars burned.
On Thursday, August 21st, Ukrainians hit
a second Russian supply train, this time near the
Dzhankoi base in Crimea.
Strikes on Ships on Both Sides
After a longer pause, there were also attacks
on ships at sea. Ukrainian forces achieved
a spectacular feat when they hit a Russian
ship in the Caspian Sea for the very first time.
The cargo vessel Port Olja-4 was destroyed
by Ukrainian special forces in an airstrike
using drones. The ship was used to transport
ammunition and drone components from Iran.
On August 1st, it was anchored near Iranian
shores; on August 12th, it set sail for Russia,
and on Thursday, August 14th, it was hit
near the port of Olja in the Astrakhan region.
The captain’s bridge at the rear of the vessel
burned, and it partially sank in shallow water.
The wreck now blocks other ships entering or
leaving the port. Unofficial Russian channels
later reported that Ukrainian drones also hit
and seriously damaged port infrastructure.
On Thursday, August 28th, a Ukrainian drone
airstrike also hit and damaged a Russian
Buyan-M class missile corvette in the Sea of
Azov, near the Crimean coast. The relatively
small drones could not sink the ship, but their
operators focused on causing the corvette as
much damage as possible. They hit, for example,
the radar and other sensors on the mast and the
captain’s bridge.
On the same day, the Russians also managed
to hit a Ukrainian ship. They used a naval drone
that collided with the reconnaissance vessel
Simferopol in the Danube Delta. According to
the Russians, the 55-meter-long, 3,500-ton
ship was sunk. The Ukrainian side only stated
that two sailors died and several others were
injured. The question is what kind of naval drone
the Russians used. According to some sources,
it could have been an originally Ukrainian drone
that the Russians had captured.
While trying to seize another Ukrainian
naval drone that had been disabled by jamming
systems, an incident occurred which was
reported by Ukrainian military intelligence on
Friday, August 22nd. According to them, during
an attack on the port of Novorossiysk, one
Ukrainian drone was suppressed by electronic
warfare. The Russians sent five elite Marines
divers to retrieve it. However, while trying to
manipulate the drone, it exploded and killed
all the divers. Another drone-related incident
on the Russian side falls into the category of
funny stories. In Tatarstan, after a series of
Ukrainian attacks, alert citizens reported on
Wednesday, August 13th, a group of uniformed
men launching drones from a car in a field.
The local police responded promptly and
detained the group. Some propaganda channels
immediately reported the arrest of Ukrainian
saboteurs. However, it turned out to be Russian
cadets who were learning to operate Russian
Orlan reconnaissance drones…
New Weapons
Ukraine is attacking Russian refineries
with drones, constantly developing new types.
These are inexpensive devices that don’t need
top-tier specifications. Refineries are highly
flammable targets, and a small amount of
explosives is enough to trigger a massive fire.
Russia’s vast size is working against it this time.
UKRAINE
Port Olja-4 ship sunk in the Caspian Sea.
Attack by Ukrainian FPV drones on a Russian fuel train.
Russians arrested a group of "Ukrainian saboteurs." They turned out to be Russian cadets training
with Russian drones.
INFO Eduard
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