Russia Navy Orcan-class Sunk

The Ukrainian Navy announced on 12 September 2026 that one of its uncrewed surface vessels had destroyed a Russian naval drone in the Black Sea, releasing video of the engagement but giving no date or position for the action. According to the Navy, the strike was mounted together with military intelligence units and used a Sargan-3000 fitted with a 12.7 mm Protector remote weapon station, which fired on the Russian craft until it sank stern first. Naval News identified the target as an improved Orcan-type unmanned boat, apparently unarmed; The War Zone said it could not independently verify the claim and did not identify the vessel. Both described it as the first recorded case of one uncrewed surface vessel destroying another.