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AZOV SEA (RELEASED ON AUG. 28, 2025) (UKRAINIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY - RESTRICTED)

1. UKRAINIAN MILITARY FORCES TARGETING RUSSIAN 'BUYAN-M' CLASS MISSILE CORVETTE IN AZOV SEA
AZOV SEA - RELEASED ON AUG. 28 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT "UKRAINIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY" HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY — Ukrainian military said on Thursday, Aug. 28 that its forces struck a Russian “Buyan-M” class missile corvette, a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, in the Azov Sea near Russian-occupied Crimea.

The operation was carried out jointly by the Department of Active Operations of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and its special unit “Ghosts", according to the Ukrainian Defence Ministry.

A drone strike damaged the ship’s radar, followed by further attacks from special forces targeting the vessel.

The ministry said the Russian missile ship, operating in the Temryuk Bay area, sustained damage and was forced to leave its combat patrol zone.

Russia started its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022 to "denazify" and "demilitarize" Ukraine.

According to its memorandum for the settlement of the conflict, Moscow has demanded a ban on Kyiv joining military alliances and withdrawal of Ukraine's troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the regions it annexed after a referendum in September 2022, among others.

Ukraine has called the terms an "ultimatum" and has called for a ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful talks.