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Navy Events ·Jul 25, 2026 ·🇷🇺 Russia

Russia Navy Stupinets Damaged

Event Report

Navy
DateJuly 25, 2026
Country🇷🇺 Russia
ForceNavy
ConflictRussia-Ukraine War
Location Caspian Sea
Ship Class Molniya
Ship NameStupinets
Hull Number705
Event type Damaged
Description

Struck by a Ukrainian long-range attack drone on the night of 25 July 2026 in a Security Service of Ukraine operation across the Caspian Sea basin. The same wave hit the sanctioned cargo ships Port Olya 2 and Begey, both used to move military cargo between Iran and Russia, and an oil platform at the Filanovsky field. The SBU confirmed the strikes; no damage assessment for the boat was released. Stupinets is a Project 12418 Molniya missile boat assigned to the Caspian Flotilla, a Kh-35 Uran-armed derivative of the Soviet Project 1241 Tarantul design. Launched at the Vympel yard in Rybinsk on 29 July 2024 from a hull laid down in 2016, it was still running builder's sea trials and had not been commissioned when it was struck.

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