According to the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, Boikiy participated in the escort of Russia’s so-called parallel oil fleet
The Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced an attack against the Russian corvette Boykiy, a vessel equipped with missile weapons that was located at the Kronstadt naval base in the Leningrad region of Russia.
“As aves [nomes atribuídos aos drones] of the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces hunted down and set fire to the corvette ‘Boykiy’, carrying guided missile weapons”, said the commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, quoted by .
According to the official, the attack occurred at 6:35 am local time, when the ship was undergoing scheduled repairs at the Veleshchynsky dry dock in Kronstadt, where it had been since February 2026.
The SBU also indicated that the drones hit the area where military ships were stationed and added that the results of the operation and the scale of the damage caused are still being assessed. Images released after the attack show at least two drones hitting the vessel, and a fire started on board. The smoke generated was visible from several kilometers away, according to local witnesses.
Boykiy is part of project 20380 and is the third Steregushchy class corvette in service with the Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet. Built at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in Saint Petersburg, it was launched in 2011 and entered service in 2013. The vessel is based in Baltiysk, in the Kaliningrad area, and its mission is to patrol coastal areas, escort naval groups, protect bases and face surface targets, submarines and aerial threats.
According to the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, Boykiy participated in escorting Russia’s so-called parallel oil fleet. The vessel was also known for having collided with the research vessel Admiral Vladimirskiy during a docking maneuver in the military port of Kronstadt.
