A Ukrainian sea drone shot and destroyed a Russian unmanned boat in what Volodymyr Zelensky’s navy says marks the “first-ever naval battle” between maritime drones. The Ukrainian Sargan 3000 unmanned naval boat identified the Russian drone on the Black Sea and attacked with its powerful 12.7mm turret, the navy said on Telegram. Footage shared from the Ukrainian drone showed a volley of fire hitting the other boat, which erupted with thick grey smoke before sinking.
It was unclear when or exactly where the video was taken. At least 12 people were killed on Saturday as the war on the ground raged on. Authorities in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih regions reported fatalities.
The Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied Donetsk region also reported that three people were killed in Ukrainian attacks. Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on Sunday that a Russian drone struck near the Ukrainian-Polish border in the small town of Yahodyn overnight. "This is Putin's terror "knocking" directly on the doors of the EU and Nato.
Russian barbarians are at your gate, dear partners," he added. Voters in Sweden will go to the polls on Sunday in a contest that will decide if the conservative government stays in power, potentially granting a hard-right party its first cabinet seats, or if the centre-left will regain control. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is bidding for a second four-year term leading the European Union country, which recently became NATO’s newest member.
His predecessor is attempting to reclaim office, with the battle over leadership largely overshadowing core policy debates. More than eight million people, from a total population of around 10.6 million, are registered to vote for the 349-seat parliament in Stockholm, the Riksdag, which will subsequently select the nation's next prime minister. The Ukrainian navy has shared footage it says shows the first battle between two drones at sea.
You can watch on their page here. Ukraine's military said on Sunday it had hit an oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region overnight. "The operation struck a key oil-processing unit and the company's tank farm, which supports Russia's war against Ukraine," it said on Telegram.
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