Moscow:

Russia said on Wednesday its forces had destroyed four Ukrainian boats carrying up to 50 troops in the Black Sea.

An aircraft “destroyed four high-speed military boats with landing groups of Ukrainian special operations forces with a total number of up to 50 people” in the Black Sea around midnight Moscow time (2100 GMT) Russia’s defence ministry said in a statement on Telegram.

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