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Ukraine says it destroyed two Russian patrol boats on Monday

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Reuters
Published: May 2, 2022, 07:52 UTC

(Reuters) - A Ukrainian Bayraktar drone destroyed two Russian Raptor-class patrol ships in the Black Sea on Monday, Ukraine's military chief said.

Ukraine says it destroyed two Russian patrol boats on Monday

(Reuters) – A Ukrainian Bayraktar drone destroyed two Russian Raptor-class patrol ships in the Black Sea on Monday, Ukraine’s military chief said.

“Two Russian Raptor-class boats were destroyed at dawn today near Zmiinyi (Snake) Island,” Chief of General Staff Valeriy Zaluzhniy wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

There was no immediate reaction from Moscow to the claim.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Writing by Max Hunder,; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

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