Ukrainian fighters sank the Russian ship Sergiy Kotov and hit an oil depot in the Belgorod region.

As Ukrainian intelligence has revealed, on the night of March 5, special intelligence unit Group 13 attacked a $64M Russian patrol ship. As a result of five Magura V5 drone strikes, the Sergei Kotov suffered damage to the stern and both sides.

The Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Russian Naval forces tried to transport the ship to the Feodosia Sea Port, but on the way, the ship went underwater. The Russians had weapons and a Ка-29 shipborne combat transport helicopter on board.

The Russian Federation originally had four such ships, two of which are no longer in service.

In addition, on the morning of the same day, a drone attacked an oil facility in the Belgorod region of Russia. The region governor confirmed the explosion in the Gubkin city district; the oil depot is in the village of Dovge, which belongs to a subsidiary of Rosneft. Russian mass media reported severe damage to three oil tanks.