The Russian Ministry of Defense has honored the crew of the Russian Armed Forces aboard the "Ivan Khurs" for successfully repelling an attack by Ukrainian drone boats in the Bosphorus area. The Ministry's statement noted: "The crew members of the Ivan Khurs ship, who repelled an attack by drone boats in the Bosporus region, have been honored."
The ministry confirmed in its report that "the Russian ship managed to destroy all drone boats using conventional weapons, and continues to carry out its missions," clarifying that "following the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the Russian fleet is safeguarding these lines."
Last Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that "the Kyiv regime attacked the Ivan Khurs, a ship of the Russian Navy, with drone boats in the Bosphorus Strait," indicating that "the crew successfully repelled the attack."
The "Ivan Khurs" is a medium reconnaissance ship of Project 18280, designed for communication support, fleet monitoring, electronic intelligence, and electronic warfare management. It has a displacement of approximately four thousand tons, a length of around 100 meters, and a cruising range of over eight thousand nautical miles, having joined the Black Sea Fleet in 2018.
