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Russian forces strike Ukraine’s Tarantul-class patrol boat at Odessa port overnight

TASS · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · · 76 words
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What to know about Russian forces strike Ukraine’s Tarantul-class patrol boat at Odessa port overnight

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian Armed Forces used attack drones to strike a Tarantul-class patrol boat and fuel tanks at the port of Odessa on August 17.

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What happened

The Russian Armed Forces struck a Tarantul-class patrol boat at the port of Odessa with attack drones overnight, Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Why it matters

"On the night of August 17, Russian forces used attack drones to strike the following targets at the port of Odessa: a Tarantul-class patrol boat, which was ensuring security of maritime vessels during sea passage and at unloading terminals, as well as fuel…

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: The Russian Armed Forces struck a Tarantul-class patrol boat at the port of Odessa with attack drones overnight.

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The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian Armed Forces used attack drones to strike a Tarantul-class patrol boat and fuel tanks at the port of Odessa on August 17.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

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Claim 1: “The Russian Armed Forces struck a Tarantul-class patrol boat at the port of Odessa with attack drones overnight”
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The claim is reported by multiple independent sources. TASS and Caliber.Az both report that the Russian Ministry of Defence stated that attack drones struck a Tarantul-class patrol boat at the port of Odessa on the night of August 17.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Admiral Grigorovich class (also referred to as Krivak V class), Russian designation Project 11356R, is a class of frigates built by the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad for the Russian Navy and Indi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Grigorovich-class_frig…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Black Sea Fleet (Russian: Черноморский флот, romanized: Chernomorskiy flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Mediterranean Sea. The Black Sea Fleet, along…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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Claim 2: “Russian forces used attack drones to strike... fuel tanks”
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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of irrelevant search results (trucking forums, Dell support, and unrelated Wikipedia entries for a film and an actress). No evidence was found in the provided text to confirm or deny the strike on fuel tanks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Little Odessa is a 1994 American crime drama film directed and written by James Gray, in his directorial debut, and starring Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly, Maximilian Schell, and Vanessa Redgr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Odessa_(film)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Odessa Zion Segall Adlon ( AD-lon; born June 17, 2000), known professionally as Odessa A'zion ( ə-ZY-on), is an American actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the CBS series Fam (2019)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_A'zion
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Odessa Brigade, or officially the Separate Brigade of Special Purpose "Odessa" or OBrON "Odessa", was a pro-Russian militia in the war in Donbas. It originated as a militant anti-Maidan group whic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Brigade
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