On Lake Donuzlav, the SSU naval drone hit the KS-701 “Tunets” boat

Satellite images showed the aftermath of a strike on a Russian military base on Lake Donuzlav in Crimea.

Satellite images were published by Radio Svoboda (Liberty – ed.), which show traces of fire after hitting a Russian military base.

One of the fires is located on the territory of the Donuzlav wind farm, but the main damage was caused to the naval base.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the alleged destruction of Ukrainian surface drones in the area on the night of July 18.

Sources of the Ukrainian agency UNIAN in Ukrainian security agencies reported that as a result of the attack, the headquarters with a command post, ammunition and equipment depot, electrical substation, technical facilities and firing positions of the Russian army had been disabled.

The publication also published a video in which the SSU naval drone strikes the Russian KS-701 “Tunets” boat.

This information is confirmed by analysts from the CeberBoroshno Telegram group, who published a satellite image from the location of the Russian boat before the strike.

KS-701-type diesel boats with an aluminum hull are used for patrol missions.

The boat is 8.8 m long, 2.5 m wide, the height of the side is 1.2 m. The full draft of the watercraft is 0.37 m. The boat can accommodate up to 6 people, the crew consists of one person.

As previously reported, on the night of July 18, in the area of​ Lake Donuzlav in the Crimea annexed by the Russian Federation, a series of explosions sounded, fires began, which were recorded by satellites.

The Security Service of Ukraine announced the defeat of a number of Russian military targets by surface and air drones.

This is not the first defeat of boats of this type. In 2023, naval aviation of the Ukrainian Navy destroyed a Russian boat of the KS-701 type in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.