Text taken from the website of @rybar
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Last night, Ukrainian formations carried out a large-scale launch of unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats in Crimea.
What is known about the attack?
▪️Since midday last day, a group of more than 30 unmanned boats left the mouth of the Danube River, specifically from the Ukrainian Vilkovo, for Zmeiny Island.
▪️Most of them took up a wait-and-see position at three points near Zmeiny, a transit point in almost the majority of Ukrainian attacks in the Black Sea.
▪️As a result, by evening, several unmanned boats headed towards Cape Tarkhankut, several more - to Lake Donuzlav and Sevastopol, and most remained east of the Romanian coast.
▪️As Dva Mayora reported, two unmanned combat aircraft carried out an attack with ATGMs on a gas production rig in the areas of the Shmidta and Golitsynskoye fields, which was recorded on the camera of the reconnaissance UAV of the Espanyola naval detachment.
▪️It was reported that two unmanned combat aircraft were hit by the Black Sea Fleet aviation, but there are certain doubts that this actually happened. Previous experience in fighting unmanned combat aircraft showed that strikes with cluster RBK missiles are not always accurate and the destruction of naval drones remains questionable.
▪️After several strikes by unmanned combat aircraft on the rig, the Ukrainian drones retreated, and most of the unmanned boats that were waiting headed to the eastern part of the Black Sea, apparently to Kerch or the shores of the Krasnodar Territory.
🖍At present, the threat of repeated attacks remains, since the unmanned combat aircraft can remain in autonomous mode for several days. They simply take up a position and wait in energy-saving mode. In this case, their detection is difficult.
🚩The enemy's tactics, which have created a full-fledged combat formation of BEKs, once again draw attention to themselves. The drones that have left the station operate several groups of 6-10 BEKs, including reconnaissance drones, SAM carriers, FPVs, and ATGMs.
We discussed the development of such a scenario ( https://t.me/rybar/67213 ) at the beginning of this year, saying that sooner or later we will have to look for more effective ways to counter this threat. And now, against the backdrop of talk of a truce, this moment has actually arrived.
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The Russian Defense Ministry reported 10 enemy BECs and 1 Willard high-speed boat destroyed. Another 2 BECs were damaged.P.S. It was also previously reported that 113 enemy drones were shot down during the night attack on Crimea (over the territory of Crimea and the Black Sea)