Ukraine Now Using Drone Boats To Attack Russian Riverine Targets
Ukraine is expanding its uncrewed surface vessel (USV) attacks to hit Russian targets on the Dnipro River and its tributaries. Kyiv’s USV campaign has previously hit enemy shipping , warships , and infrastructure in attacks made famous by the country’s State Security Service (SBU) and Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR).
Meanwhile, as Russia begins to build out its own USV effort, Ukraine also said it struck a storage site for those vessels on Tuesday night in a preemptive effort to keep them from being deployed.
The 40th Coastal Defense Brigade of the 30th Marine Corps recently released a video showing the Barracuda USV it developed carrying out a mission in the Dnipro region. The video purports to show the Barracuda making its way through an inlet before hitting a small camouflaged Russian boat and outpost. The video then cuts to aerial drone views showing an explosion and resulting destruction.
“The unmanned boat ‘Barracuda’ carried out another successful mission,” the Corps stated on Telegram .
Много говорят про БЭКи "Магура" от ГУР МО Украины и Sea Baby от СБУ, хотя СОУ применяют и другие средства, не так часто показывающие свою результативную работу в эфирах всяких там "марафончиков".
Одним из таких БЭК является Barracuda 40-й ОБрБО.
Одно из видео как БЭК выполнил… pic.twitter.com/MSBQAeGHQX— Alexander Kovalenko (@zloy_odessit) December 24, 2025