Russia Thwarts Ukrainian Unmanned Boat Attack

  The Russian Defense Ministry reported that attacks by Ukrainian unmanned boats on the country's maritime military bases in the Black Sea were thwarted. "The attack on Ukrainian unmanned boats was carried out on Friday morning to one of the military bases of the Russian Navy, on the Crimean Peninsula, in the Black Sea," said the Russian Ministry of Defense, Friday (4/8/2023). According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, in the early hours of Friday, Ukrainian troops, using two unmanned boats, attempted to attack the Novorossiysk naval base, but the boats were destroyed by Russian warships.

The terminal of the pipeline that carries most of the oil to Kazakhstan, via Russia, is carried out at the port of Novorossiysk. Pipeline consortium operator Caspian said that the process of distributing oil to tankers that dock at the port is continuing. On the other hand, the Russian news agency Interfax in this regard reported that a temporary ban on the entry and exit of tankers was implemented in this region. Since the outbreak of the Ukrainian war, Russian naval bases have frequently been the target of attacks by Ukrainian forces, but in recent weeks these attacks have increased. (HS)