Coverage dated December 14, 2025

In a first, Ukraine says it struck Russian submarine in Black Sea port with underwater drones

Headline from KVIA El Paso

By Victoria Butenko, Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s domestic security service, the SBU, said Monday that it struck a Russian submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, causing critical damage to the vessel and effectively disabling it.

KVIA El Paso's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Earlier updates in this story

Read the reports

Reports & sources

7 articles, oldest first.

  1. KVIA El Paso

    In a first, Ukraine says it struck Russian submarine in Black Sea port with underwater drones (opens KVIA El Paso)

    Published

    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Victoria Butenko, Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s domestic security service, the SBU, said Monday that it struck a Russian submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, causing critical damage to the vessel and effectively disabling it.

  2. Insider

    Ukraine says it just carried out the first-ever underwater drone strike on a Russian submarine (opens Insider)

    Published

    Insider's feed description

    Ukraine's internal security agency said the attack damaged and disabled a Russian Kilo-class submarine in the port city of Novorossiysk.

  3. Al Jazeera

    Ukraine claims strike on Russian submarine in Novorossiysk with sea drones (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Kyiv says Kilo-class submarine is knocked out of operation in the first such attack using Sea Baby drones.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

In a first, Ukraine says it struck Russian submarine in Black Sea port with underwater drones | Since Then