Ukrainian Navy
On the night of April 30, the Ukrainian Navy struck Russian Sobol and Grachonok-class boats in the Kerch Strait. The occupiers suffered casualties among the crews of the vessels guarding the bridge.
The Ukrainian Navy struck the tanker Marquise with two kamikaze drones near Tuapse. The sanctioned vessel was used for the illegal transportation of petroleum products.
The 'Angels' special unit evacuated a man from the occupation who was assisting the Defense Forces. The operation was carried out on the orders of Vice Admiral Neizhpapa in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukrainian sailors detected and eliminated an enemy uncrewed surface vessel near the Odesa port. The military prevented the apparatus from approaching the coast.
175 military personnel and 7 civilians were released from Russian captivity. Among them are officers, defenders of Mariupol, and National Guardsmen who guarded the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
There are no Russian warships in the sea, and only small boats are on patrol. Navy spokesman Pletenchuk confirmed the absence of the enemy fleet.
Ukrainian pilots eliminated an enemy vehicle during an attempted landing. The occupiers could not escape after a precise strike on the vehicle.
The Ukrainian Navy struck three Pantsir-S1 complexes, a BK-16 landing craft, and drone control stations. An Orion UAV base was destroyed at the Kirovskoye airfield.
The Ukrainian Navy destroyed an enemy shipborne anti-submarine helicopter Ka-27. This happened over the Black Sea.
On February 5, the 71st prisoner exchange took place, as a result of which 150 military personnel and 7 civilians were returned. Among them are 19 illegally convicted defenders, 15 of whom received life sentences, as well as Mariupol defenders.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained a serviceman of the Ukrainian Navy who turned out to be a Russian informant. He was collecting coordinates for a Russian missile strike on Ukrainian units involved in naval drones.
Ukraine's defense forces shot down two Russian aircraft in one day, likely Su-34s. One aircraft was shot down over the Black Sea, the other crashed on Russian territory.
This strike was called the result of an operation recently conducted by the Ukrainian Navy with the support of the SBU's Alpha Special Operations Center unit.
Ukrainian marines eliminated enemy armored vehicles in the Pokrovsk direction. Pilots of the 88th separate battalion of the 35th separate marine brigade detected and destroyed the targets.
Roland Tseber, head of the Alliance of National Communities "European Coalition", and Petro Yatsenko, representative of the Coordination Headquarters, installed a border post from Snake Island in Uzhhorod Castle.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the Pokrovsk agglomeration, destroying almost 100% of aerial targets. Over the past week, enemy personnel losses reached 446 people, which is 30% more than in the previous period.
The Ukrainian Navy reported that Russia attacked the Turkish vessel VIVA, carrying sunflower oil and en route to Egypt. The drone strike occurred in the open sea, and the crew was unharmed.
A former Ministry of Defense official and two accomplices have been notified of suspicion in the illegal sale of six decommissioned Ukrainian Navy ships. They artificially understated the value of the vessels by holding a sham tender, causing over UAH 900,000 in damages to the state.
The Security Service of Ukraine is investigating criminal proceedings against a group of aviation companies associated with businessman Roman Mileshko, opened by the National Police in 2022. Investigators have repeatedly checked the facts indicated in the case file and found no confirmation, which indicates the custom nature of the persecution and attempts to pressure the business by competitors.
A naval mine was carried ashore by a storm on the coast of Odesa region, discovered by a local resident. The ordnance was identified and destroyed by Ukrainian Navy specialists through a controlled detonation.
SBU Sea Baby naval drones hit two sanctioned oil tankers, KAIRO and VIRAT, in the Black Sea. This was a joint operation of the 13th Main Directorate of Military Counterintelligence of the SBU with the Ukrainian Navy.
Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk explained why Russians are using 'Kalibr' missiles less frequently for strikes against Ukraine. Most of these missiles do not reach their targets, and their effectiveness is questionable.
The occupiers were on the "Syvash" drilling rig: in addition to technical means of reconnaissance and observation, the enemy ATGM crew was destroyed.
On November 1, 2025, the Defense Forces of Ukraine launched a fire strike on the infrastructure of the "RN-Tuapse Oil Refinery" in Russia's Krasnodar Krai. The oil loading infrastructure of the Russian sea trade port in Tuapse Bay was hit.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law allowing the deployment of Ukrainian Armed Forces units to Turkey and Great Britain for the duration of martial law. This decision will facilitate the acquisition of complex military equipment and the mastering of its use to protect Ukraine's sovereignty.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the strike on the Bryansk chemical plant in Russia on October 21, 2025. Ukrainian forces used Storm Shadow missiles against a strategic object of the military-industrial complex.
Reconnaissance assets of the Ukrainian Navy recorded radio intercepts about the ignition of two engines and the ejection of the crew of a Russian Su-30SM. Presumably, the fighter jet was shot down by its own air defense during a UAV attack in the western-northern part of occupied Crimea.
Ukraine has developed an unmanned surface vessel that carries fiber-optic drones in special compartments, having no analogues in the world. This innovation allows striking ground and sea targets regardless of electronic warfare means, which could change the course of the war in the Black Sea.
The REPMUS/Dynamic Messenger 25 exercises in Portugal aimed to test the capabilities of NATO member states to counter a potential Russian threat.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed enemy fortifications and strongholds on the left bank of the Dnipro. This is the result of the joint work of the crews of the 39th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade and the 34th UAV Center "Venom".