Ukrainian military says they attacked two Russian patrol ships in Black Sea

Ukraine's military claimed to have attacked two Russian patrol ships in the Black Sea on Thursday.

The military's Strategic Communications Directorate said in a Telegram post that the ships sustained “some damage.”

Russia's Defense Ministry acknowledged that Ukraine attempted to attack a patrol ship and the fleet's missile hovercraft, but said the Ukrainian ships which attempted the attacks were destroyed.

“On September 14 at around 05:00 a.m., the AFU attempted to attack the Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Sergey Kotov in the waters of the Black Sea by five uncrewed boats,” the Russian ministry of defense said, adding that all uncrewed boats “were destroyed by fire from the ship's standard weapons.”

Later on Thursday, they also claimed Ukraine “attempted to attack the Black Sea Fleet's missile hovercraft Samum by an uncrewed boat in the waters of the Black Sea.”

This comes after Ukraine launched a missile attack on Sevastopol shipyard in the early hours of Wednesday that left two Russian ships damaged. 

Andrii Yusov, representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, told Ukrainian media on Wednesday that the Ukrainian strikes on the Russian fleet are a part of the “demilitarization of the occupied Ukrainian territories” that is currently underway.