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strike🇷🇺 Black Sea, about 130 miles from Novorossiysk (international waters)
Milblog claims Ukrainian USVs attacked and sank container ship Yanina in the Black Sea
A Russian milblog reports that Ukrainian unmanned surface vessels (USVs) attacked the FESCO container ship “Yanina” about 130 miles from Novorossiysk, causing damage and its subsequent sinking. Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev is cited saying the incident occurred around 22:00 and that all 17 crew members were rescued without serious injury.
DETAILS
Type
strike
Reported
2026-08-01
Location
Black Sea, about 130 miles from Novorossiysk (international waters)
Coordinates
43.4733, 39.8937
Killed
0
Wounded
0
Confidence
58 / 100
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
Reported damage leading to sinking of the container ship “Yanina”; crew of 17 rescued.
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