Ministry of Defense of Russia stated that the Russian warship “Ivan Khurs»was unsuccessfully attacked three Ukrainian unmanned boats in the Black Sea, approaching Bosphorus Strait.

In a statement posted on the Telegram app, the ministry said the warship was guarding the gas pipelines. Turkish Stream And bluestreamwhich transports gas from Russia to Turkey, partly across the Black Sea, and that it is still “carrying out its duties”.

There are currently no comments from Kyiv.

The ministry said the attack justifies Russia’s expansion of defense measures. In September last year, they were destroyed by explosions. gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 which delivered gas from Russia along the bottom of the Black Sea to Germany.

The Russian statement is likely to heighten tensions in the Black Sea, where just last week, a day before the deadline, Russia agreed to extend an agreement allowing Ukraine safely exports grain from its ports.

OUR Turkish Stream transports gas from Taman Peninsula Russia across the Black Sea to a point west of the Bosporus.

OUR blue creekhowever, it crosses the eastern part of the Black Sea from north to south, reaching land more than 700 km east of the Bosporus.

“All enemy ships were destroyed by conventional fire from a Russian ship 140 km northeast of the Bosporus,” the report says.

Ivan Gurs is a medium reconnaissance ship launched in 2013.