Watch: Ukrainian Navy Uses Drone Boats To Launch Kamikaze Drones At Russian Targets

Ukraine has successfully used uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), commonly known as drone boats, to launch kamikaze-style aerial drones at Russian targets on land.

According to Ukrainian authorities, this first-person view (FPV) drones were deployed in a strike on Russian air defense systems in the southern Kherson region for the first time.

The Ukrainian Navy released a video of the attack, showing one of the FPV drones targeting a Pantsir-S1 short-range air defense system (SHORADS).

While the damage caused by the strike is unclear, Ukrainian officials described this as a historic breakthrough in their Black Sea drone warfare campaign.

Another ‘no-analogue’ scrap metal.
Ukrainian drones destroyed a Pantsir-S1 air defense system in the Kherson region.

: UA Navy pic.twitter.com/Nr01VCzumZ

— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) January 6, 2025

Russian military bloggers have also acknowledged this new tactic, confirming Ukraine’s use of USVs to launch aerial drones at shore-based targets.

Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security (CSCIS), a government-run media body, provided more details ab

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