After sinking the Russian flagship Moskva in mid-April, the Ukrainian forces are now boasting of a second major naval capture.
According to the national navy, a Russian landing ship was destroyed near Serpents' Island in the Black Sea, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion launched at the end of February.
A Bayraktar TB2 combat drone, developed in Turkey, "hit a landing ship of the 11,770 Serna project as well as two Tor-type surface-to-air missile systems", the Ukrainian navy said on Facebook, without specifying the date.
"The traditional parade of the Russian fleet on May 9 this year will take place near Serpents' Island, at the bottom of the sea," quipped the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on Twitter.
If Moscow has not confirmed the information, videos published by the Ukrainian army show a ship anchored near a wharf hit by an explosion, then ravaged by flames and spreading a large plume of smoke.
The Serna belongs to a class of fast Russian landing craft with a payload capacity of 45 tons.
26 meters long, it is armed with 7.62 mm caliber machine guns and Igla missile launchers and was designed for the landing of combat vehicles, as well as assault units.
Many catches in the last two months
In early May, the Ukrainian army already claimed to have bombed two Russian Raptor-class patrol boats off Serpents' Island, which were also hit by Bayraktar TB2 combat drones.
In mid-April, the Russian flagship Moskva sank in the Black Sea after having, according to kyiv and Washington, been hit by Ukrainian missiles.
Moscow had claimed for its part that it had been damaged by an explosion on board.
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Serpents' Island has become a symbol in Ukraine since a radio exchange, which went viral on social networks, in which, on the first day of the conflict, Ukrainian border guards shouted "Fuck you, Russian military ship!"
to the Russian cruiser, the Moskva, which urged them to surrender.
Shortly after this exchange, the ship had bombarded the island, the Russians taking control of it, and the Ukrainian soldiers had been taken prisoner.
They were later released in a prisoner exchange with Moscow.
The recording of this verbal exchange had served as a leitmotiv for the Ukrainian resistance, the invective of the border guards even appearing on placards during demonstrations of support abroad, and on Ukrainian stamps.