As spectacular as it may look in the news broadcasts, the "ships" hit by the Ukrainian missile strike are merely the 25-tonne displacement P-boats of the Raptor class (project 03160) launched in 2015. Ten of these 17 boats are assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. Although they are only crewed by two marines and are less than 14 metres long, they can accelerate to almost 50 knots. And they have loading capacities for combat swimmers or infantry forces, including a folding "stelling" in the reinforced bow for landings. Ideal for "special operations", but apart from an automatic 14.5 mm MG and two body-controlled 7.62 mm MGs, completely defenceless against targeted fire from drone-controlled missiles!
The new Ukrainian narrative
Although the destruction of two units near Snake Island in the course of a Ukrainian attack on the Russian occupiers there has no effect on the combat capability of the Black Sea Fleet, it should now be clear in Sevastopol that no Russian unit - whether very large or very small - can still be safe near the Ukrainian coast. This is the new Ukrainian narrative!
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