Accompanied Putin. Ukrainian Navy sank a Russian VIP-boat off Serpent Island (photo)

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The other day Russia lost two more landing ships in the war with Ukraine. Resource experts Covert Shoresspecializing in naval matters, believe that the Ukrainian military managed to disable the Raptor VIP boat.

“One of them seems to be painted white. It looks like one particular Raptor, which was seen heading for the Black Sea before the war. This ship with tail number 002 played an important role in the Baltic Fleet,” the author writes.

Russian speedboats “Raptor” are designed for special operations, their creators were inspired by the Swedish assault boat CB-90. The Russian ship is similar to the Swedish one both in size and in its capabilities. It is noted that this makes the boat ideal for special forces and infantry, but without air cover, it turned out to be vulnerable to Bayraktar TB2 drones of the Ukrainian Navy.

“The Baltic Fleet had three white-painted Raptors with numbers 001, 002 and 003. The main VIP boat 001 was equipped with a large antenna radome. And only one, boat 002, was noted in the conflict zone,” the article says. .

It is also emphasized that in 2017 the boat 002 was accompanied by the Raptor 001, on board of which was Russian President Vladimir Putin. Then he conducted an inspection of warships on the Day of the Russian Navy. This explains the white color of the boat and the special coat of arms on the back of the vessel.

Recall that at dawn on May 2, near the island of Serpents, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two Russian Raptor-class boats, attacking them from the Bayraktar drone. One of the boats was at full speed during the attack, but the drone operator still managed to destroy it.

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