{"id":2087,"date":"2025-08-28T16:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:46:21","slug":"watch-russian-naval-drone-take-out-ukrainian-warship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/watch-russian-naval-drone-take-out-ukrainian-warship\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH Russian naval drone take out Ukrainian warship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Defense Ministry in Moscow reported sinking the vessel earlier on Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry has released UAV footage of a naval drone strike on the Ukrainian reconnaissance ship Simferopol.<\/p>\n<p>Kiev confirmed to the media on Thursday that the vessel had been hit.<\/p>\n<p>The Simferopol was struck by a <em>\u201cRussian high-speed unmanned boat at the mouth of the Danube River,\u201d<\/em> the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs a result of the attack, the Ukrainian Navy ship sank,\u201d<\/em> it added.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry also published aerial footage taken from a UAV showing the moment of impact.<\/p>\n<p>The video, taken on a thermal camera, shows a vessel in the mouth of the river light up in a fireball. Two other ships can be seen in the vicinity.<\/p>\n<p>A Ukrainian Navy spokesperson has confirmed the strike in a comment to the Kiev Independent.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"RT\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/68b072c885f540399540f3be.jpeg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/623631-russian-forces-sink-ukrainian-warship\/\">Russian forces sink Ukrainian warship \u2013 MOD<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cEfforts to address the aftermath of the attack are ongoing. The majority of the crew are safe, and the search for several missing sailors continues,\u201d<\/em> the spokesperson said, adding that at least one member of the crew had been killed, and several others injured.<\/p>\n<p>The attack marked the first successful use of a Russian naval drone against a Ukrainian vessel, TASS noted, citing drone experts.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s navy has not played a large role in the conflict, but Moscow has previously accused Kiev of using civilian ships as launching platforms for its sea drones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defense Ministry in Moscow reported sinking the vessel earlier on Thursday The Russian Defense Ministry has released UAV footage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2091,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions\/2091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}