New photos show how heavily Russia damaged a Ukrainian boat, an attack that triggered the Black Sea crisis

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A Russian weapon blew a window-sized hole in the artillery boat's pilothouse, where crewmembers steer the boat. It appears to have been hit by a 30mm gun from a Russian warship or a weapon fired from a Su-30 Russian fighter jet.

A Russian weapon blew a window-sized hole in the artillery boat's pilothouse, where crewmembers steer the boat. It appears to have been hit by a 30mm gun from a Russian warship or a weapon fired from a Su-30 Russian fighter jet.

Russia deployed four warships, as well as Ka-52 combat helicopters and Su-30 fighter jets during the incident.

“According to the confirmed SBU operative information, one of the Russian strike aircraft used two unmanned combat missiles against the Ukrainian boats, heavily wounding one of the SBU officers,” Vasyl Hrytsak, the head of Ukraine's security service, the SBU, said in a statement.

Hrystak did not specify if the above damage to the Berdyansk was from the Su-30.

Source: Defence Blog, Stars and Stripes

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Here's another damaged section closer to the stern of the Berdyansk.

Here's another damaged section closer to the stern of the Berdyansk.
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And here's a close-up.

And here's a close-up.