21 August 2025

DIU fighters destroy Russian boat in Zaliznyi Port

(The destroyed boat. SCREEN SHOT: MOD'S CHIEF INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE)

On August 20, due to a successful operation of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine in the Black Sea, the servicemen destroyed an enemy boat in the area of the temporarily occupied Zaliznyi Port in Kherson region.

This was reported by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

The boat of the Russian occupants was destroyed by an air-launched missile, and all five Russian soldiers from the crew were eliminated. As a result of a precision missile strike on the enemy boat, the Russian target was completely destroyed. According to intelligence, the strike was made possible by the use of a drone that provided laser illumination of the target. The UAV also recorded the successful destruction of the boat and the Russian military personnel on board.

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Destruction of the enemy boat. VIDEO: DIU

As a result of a precision missile strike on an enemy boat in the Black Sea, the Russian target was completely destroyed. According to intelligence, the strike was made possible by the use of a drone that provided laser illumination of the target. The UAV also recorded the successful destruction of the boat and the Russian military personnel on board.

42 Russian shadow fleet vessels were transporting oil, grain and stolen goods from Crimea, circumventing international sanctions. These operations threatened security, the environment and financed Russia's war. The Main Intelligence Directorate reported on the activities of 42 ships of the Russian shadow fleet, which are engaged in the transportation of Russian oil, as well as grain and coal from the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea. According to the agency, these vessels, as well as the ports and airports involved, are used to transport weapons, stolen Ukrainian products and to circumvent international sanctions.

Occupied Crimea has been turned into a key center for the export of stolen Ukrainian grain. Millions of tons of products from the occupied territories are exported annually through local ports, legalizing them with the help of fictitious documents, shell companies and a shadow fleet. The Russian authorities have built a systematic logistics scheme from the confiscation of the harvest to its export under the guise of Russian grain, centered in the Crimean ports.

Катерина Глушко

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