The video of Ukraine’s attack with naval kamikaze drones in which it destroyed a Russian submarine in the Black Sea

In a statement, he explained that the drones hit the Kilo-class submarine of project 636.3 of the Russian Navy, equipped with four cruise missile launchers. Caliber, causing a strong explosion and critical damage.

The port of Novorossiysk is a strategic base for Moscow, connected to the occupied Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014 and has since used as a naval base to attack Ukrainian territory.

This Monday’s attack was carried out jointly by the 13th Main Military Counterintelligence Directorate of the SBU and the Ukrainian Navy.

The SBU estimates that such a submarine costs around $400 million. However, due to international sanctions against Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine, Building a comparable submarine today could cost up to $500 million.

This type of submarine is also known as “Black Hole” due to its low acoustic signature and reduced sonar visibility.

The submarine remained parked in Novorossiysk because Russia has been forced to withdraw its Black Sea fleet to this port due to the repeated Ukrainian drone attacks suffered by their ships located on the Crimean peninsula.

Precisely, this Monday the German manufacturer Quantum-Systems and the Ukrainian company Frontline Robotics announced the creation of the joint venture Quantum Frontline Industries (QFI), which will establish the first fully automated, industrial-scale drone production line in Europe for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Within the framework of the Ukrainian government initiative ‘Build with Ukraine’the new company will mass produce battlefield-proven multi-purpose drones developed by Frontline Robotics and 100% of the systems produced in Germany will be delivered to the Ukrainian Defense Forces in volumes defined by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.