Russian Baltic Fleet forces repel enemy drone attack on naval base in drills

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Jun 09, 2026 · 123 words

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The Russian Baltic Fleet's anti-saboteur boat Vladimir Nosov conducted military drills in the Baltic Sea. The exercises included repelling simulated attacks from unmanned boats and aerial vehicles, as well as practicing radiation, chemical, and biological protection.

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What happened

The crew of the Russian Baltic Fleet’s anti-saboteur boat Vladimir Nosov practiced repelling a notional enemy’s attack by uncrewed boats and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on a naval base during drills in the Baltic Sea, the Fleet’s press office reported.

Why it matters

"In accomplishing the objectives of patrolling the Baltic Sea waters near a naval base in defense against a notional enemy’s threats, the boat crew held an exercise, live-firing standard armament," the press office said in a statement.

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In addition, the personnel delivered fire on the targets that simulated a hypothetical enemy’s UAVs, practiced the assignments of radiation, chemical and biological protection and conducted an exercise for ship damage control and actions for submerged…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the personnel delivered fire on the targets that simulated a hypothetical enemy’s UAVs”

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The evidence explicitly mentions the destruction of 'drones and unmanned boats of a mock enemy' by the crew of the Vladimir Nosov, which aligns with firing upon targets simulating enemy UAVs.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Ukrainian, Russian and Russian-separatist aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War based on visual evidence or official confirmation from involved parties. It includes proven h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_an…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 10, 2022 ... blast wave against enemy personnel in open areas is more than ... of these means of attack against adversary military targets at large (in.
https://jamestown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Russias-Pat…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 12, 2026 ... The crews of the Ka-29 helicopters struck at sea targets simulating enemy naval drones (unmanned boats, BECs). They fired at them from 30 mm ...
https://www1.ru/en/news/2026/03/12/ekipaz-vertoleta-ka-27-un…

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Claim 2: “The crew of the Russian Baltic Fleet’s anti-saboteur boat Vladimir Nosov practiced repelling a notional enemy’s attack by uncrewed boats and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on a naval base during drills in the Baltic Sea”

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A web search result explicitly states that the crew of the anti-sabotage boat P-471 'Vladimir Nosov' (Project 21980 'Grachonok') destroyed drones and unmanned boats of a mock enemy, as reported by the press service of the Baltic Fleet. This directly confirms the boat's name, its role, and the nature of the drills.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Baltic Fleet (Russian: Балтийский флот, romanized: Baltiyskiy flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Fleet

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Neustrashimy (also transliterated Neustrashimyy, Russian: Неустрашимый, lit. "dauntless" or "fearless") is the lead ship of the Neustrashimy-class frigate (Russian designation Project 11540 Yastreb) o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_frigate_Neustrashimy

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian shadow fleet is a clandestine network of hundreds of vessels operated by Russia to evade sanctions, following the enactment of 2022 Russian crude oil price cap sanctions by the G7 countrie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_shadow_fleet

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Claim 3: “conducted an exercise for ship damage control and actions for submerged ant-saboteur defense with dives”

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The evidence confirms that the Vladimir Nosov is a Project 21980 anti-saboteur boat designed to safeguard naval bases, but there is no specific mention in the provided evidence of a damage control exercise or dives conducted during this specific event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 Magadan Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Sergey Nosov was re-elected to a second term in office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Magadan_Oblast_gubernator…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Grachonok class, Russian designation Project 21980 Grachonok, is a class of anti-saboteur and large guard boats being built for the Russian Navy. The class is designed to combat sabotage and terro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grachonok-class_patrol_boat

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sorok Sorokov Movement (Russian: Движение «Сорок сороков», romanized: Dvizheniye «Sorok sorokov»; DSS) is a Russian Orthodox-traditionalist nationalist radical social movement founded on 1 June 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorok_Sorokov_Movement

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Claim 4: “the boat crew held an exercise, live-firing standard armament”

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The evidence confirms that the crew of the Vladimir Nosov destroyed mock enemy drones and boats using 'standard weapons', which corroborates the claim of a live-fire exercise using standard armament.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sergey Konstantinovich Nosov (Russian: Сергей Константинович Носов; born 17 February 1961) is a Russian politician currently serving as the 5th Governor of Magadan Oblast since 13 September 2018. He w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Nosov

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Claim 5: “practiced the assignments of radiation, chemical and biological protection”

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While the provided evidence contains general information about Russian Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops, there is no specific evidence in the provided search results confirming that the crew of the Vladimir Nosov specifically practiced these assignments during this exercise.

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