Ukraine Strikes Russian Frigate with Neptune Missile: Black Sea Fleet

Ukraine’s navy has claimed a successful strike on the Russian frigate Admiral Essen using a domestically-built Neptune antiship cruise missile. The attack, carried out overnight on September 8-9, targeted the vessel while it was docked in the port of Novorossiysk, Russia’s primary naval station in the Black Sea. The operation was a coordinated effort involving Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Force (USF) and the Ukrainian Navy, with additional support from military intelligence and security services. According to Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of the USF, the strike resulted in the loss of “several…

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