A Ukrainian drone destroyed two Russian patrol boats near Snake Island in the Black Sea on Monday, Ukraine’s military chief said.
Footage released by the Ukrainian military shows the Bayraktar drone hitting both ships.
“Two Russian Raptor boats were destroyed at dawn near Snake Island today,” Chief of General Staff Valery Zaluzhny wrote in the Telegram news app.
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4. The Bolshoi Theater cancels anti-war directors
The prestigious Russian Bolshoi Theater has announced that it has canceled performances directed by Kirill Serebrennikov and Timofey Kulyabin, which have spoken out against Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine.
Russia’s Top Theater has announced that instead of three performances of Nureyev, a ballet directed by Serebrennikov, audiences will see a staging of Aram Khachaturian’s Spartak this week.
The famous theater also said that instead of “Don Pasquale”, a comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, directed by Kulyabin, the audience this week will see a production of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”.
Bolshoi did not give a reason for the cancellation, and spokeswoman Katerina Novikova said on Monday that there was no “official” comment.
5. British components found in Russian weapons systems
A government investigation has been launched after British components were used in weapons systems stationed by Russia in Ukraine.
Inspections of an abandoned set left by Vladimir Putin’s forces have revealed a deep dependence on Western-made parts, according to field research by academics at the Royal United Services Institute (Russia).
Only one example found that the Borisoglebsk-2 mobile jamming system contained complex components manufactured in the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan and the Netherlands.
Parts of the United Kingdom include a number of high-frequency transistors, examples of so-called dual-use electronics that can be used for both military and civilian purposes.
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