Ukraine's Defence Intelligence recollects details about operation to damage Ivan Khurs ship

In May 2023, Ukrainian Magura surface drones were targeting the Russian Ivan Khurs reconnaissance ship for several hours, and eventually managed to damage the Russian vessel.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda article Target and eliminate: How Ukraine's Magura drones devastate Russian ships

Details: Experts from the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) spoke to Ukrainska Pravda about the details of that special operation using Magura drones.

The Russian Ivan Khurs reconnaissance ship was performing a mission 120 kilometres northeast of the Bosphorus Strait.

"The Ivan Khurs was our first successful strike. However, the drone had to sail for over 500 kilometres in an extremely difficult operation. The start of the mission had been delayed due to inclement weather. The connection dropped repeatedly," recalls the head of the DIU's uncrewed vessel department, a general who goes by the alias Borets ("Fighter").

"The connection cut out as we approached the ship, which at that point was nearly a hundred metres away. We couldn't see anything and didn't have control over the drones, so the enemy crew began to repel the attack... The connection was eventually restored, and we followed the ship for six hours, waiting until it ran out of ammunition.

After about two hours, it became clear that they were not running out of ammunition. We met it [the ship – ed.] at about half past one in the morning, and it was shooting back until about seven in the morning. While we were chasing it, some of the drones ran out of fuel because the distances were so long. Some drones were damaged. But we did get to the ship," Borets describes the details of the mission.

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