Posted on 12/15/2025 2:49:48 PM PST by Apparatchik
Astonishing footage showed Vladimir Putin’s £300million Kilo class attack sub being obliterated by “Sea Baby” drones at a key Russian port.
Ukraine’s state-of-the-art devices entered a sprawling Russian naval base completely undetected in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, 1,575km from Kyiv.
In the dramatic footage, an enormous explosion sends chunks of debris showering over other parked ships moments after the sophisticated strike.
The devastating blitz marks a huge blow to Mad Vlad’s bloody war in Ukraine.
Putin’s multimillion-pound vessel suffered critical damage following the unprecedented attack and is now out of action according to Ukraine’s SBU special operations chiefs.
The sub was used to fire Kalibr cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine but was brought into port after recent attacks on Russian oil tankers.
The 243ft-long diesel-electric submarine is known to Nato as the “Black Hole” because of its hull’s ability to absorb sound and remain hard to detect by sonar.
The sub’s destruction is the latest humiliating defeat for Russian tyrant Putin after he vowed to cut “Ukraine off from the sea”.
Given the imposed sanctions, the £300million sub could cost a whopping £375m to rebuild.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.ie ...
That’s some great news for a Monday!
The locals say it didn’t happen. Hit a pier. No damage to any ships.
Check the video at the link. Also, The Independent says the attack was confirmed by Reuters based on geolocation data, only FR rules prevented me from posting that source. BTW, the “locals” would be Russians.
Confirmed by Reuters is not proof of anything. Both sides lie so much, I don’t believe anything without photo proof.
This is a great example of propaganda distracting from that which is important. The report goes from sub “blown up” to “effectively out of action” in two sentences. What is “effectively out of action”? It’s not blown up, it’s not sunk. In fact, it’s not even out of action, it’s “effectively” out of action since it left to go get checked out.
The real story this story is trying to mask is that Ukraine is soon losing its only access to the sea unless it has permission from Russia, a huge blow.
Ukraine is the Venezuela of Eastern Europe.
LOL Russia can’t even conquer Donetsk, let alone get to Odessa.
The article contradicts the headline. It's comforting to know that all you have are transparent lies.
I looked at the video clip. It’s not clear to me that the explosion occurred on or right next to a sub. You can see a submarine perhaps 60 or 80 feet to the left of the explosion, but it does look like the explosion occurs at a spot where the nearest ship is a surface vessel tied to the opposite side of the pier.
I’d be glad to be wrong. The Russian’s having one less submarine that might shoot at our navy would be great, but I just don’t see it.
Locals of course, submersed debris I am sure
It happened. Sub was hit by an underwater drone. But it wasn’t “blown up” as the article admits. It left to go get checked out so it’s “effectively out action”, that’s the accurate part of the report. Ukraine’s problem is that it will soon be “effectively out of use of the sea”.
On to Moscow!
fight to the last Ukrainian!
Sometimes, the headline does not reflect the contents in the body of the article. But, did the BOOM speak anything at all to you?
I agree.
You all believed the miracle fighter pilot that turned out to be false propaganda via a video game, but hope springs eternal for you all I guess.
But even if true, it doesn't change the realities one bit. Russia has control of this conflcit. Only a miracle could pull a victory for Ukraine from the jaws of defeat that is the current reality.
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