Ukraine has released footage it says shows the dramatic moments its forces used drones armed with flamethrowers against Russian ships, Newsweek reported.
Ukrainian internal affairs adviser Anton Gerashchenko has shared a clip he said showed "unique footage of combat between Ukrainian drones and Russian coastal ships—the first of such kind in history."
The 15-second video taken from a vessel shows flashes across the sky, with Gerashchenko writing, "when Ukrainian Sea Baby drones encountered Russian ships, they turned around and fired back using a flamethrower system."
It comes as Ukrainian media reported that the country's security service had used Sea Baby drones to help restore the grain corridor in the Black Sea which has allowed the transport of Ukrainian products from the war zone.
Sea Baby carries a pay load of 1,900 pounds, is equipped with a $300,000 communication system and has a flamethrower system.
In July 2023, Russia pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and subsequently bombed the Ukrainian port of Odesa, but Kyiv has managed to circumvent a blockade and continues to transport goods overseas.
Head of the Ukranian security service Vasyl Malyuk told Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda that Kyiv has started to increase the use of the drones for use at sea and that the Sea Baby devices are being developed by engineers, IT specialists and marine personnel. "No private companies are involved in this development," he told the outlet,
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