Russian Navy Intelligence ship IVAN HURS was attacked by 3 naval drones in Black sea 40 (or 80) nm north of Bosphorus early in the morning May 24, according to Russian bloggers posts, later confirmed by military official statement. Understood the ship transited Bosphorus Strait, she’s on mission “guarding gas pipeline Turkish Stream and Blue Stream”, said military command. The ship “sank drones by fire, and resumed its’ mission”, said official statement. Whether the ship was hit or not, is not yet known. Ship’s AIS is off since 2020.
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