{"id":29133,"date":"2026-05-21T19:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=29133"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:31:09","slug":"ukrainian-drones-strike-crimea-and-caspian-sea-up-to-1000-kilometers-away-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=29133","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drones strike Crimea and Caspian Sea, up to 1,000 kilometers away \u2013 video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 17, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a number of Russian targets using FP-2 unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with rockets. Among them was a Black Sea Fleet communications hub near the Mirnyi region in temporarily occupied Crimea, about 150 kilometers from the front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ukrainian FP-1\/FP-2 guided strike drone launching a salvo of unguided air-to-ground rockets against a strategic Black Sea Fleet communications node in Crimea.<br><br>This is the first footage showing the use of unguided rockets from the FP-1\/FP-2 onboard camera. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xp4UiTnvy6\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xp4UiTnvy6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AmyCkTpOV7\">pic.twitter.com\/AmyCkTpOV7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Special Kherson Cat \ud83d\udc08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@bayraktar_1love) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bayraktar_1love\/status\/2055948970195665274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ukrainian FP-1\/FP-2 guided strike drone launching a salvo of unguided air-to-ground rockets against a strategic Black Sea Fleet communications node in Crimea.<br><br>This is the first footage showing the use of unguided rockets from the FP-1\/FP-2 onboard camera. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xp4UiTnvy6\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xp4UiTnvy6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AmyCkTpOV7\">pic.twitter.com\/AmyCkTpOV7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Special Kherson Cat \ud83d\udc08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@bayraktar_1love) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bayraktar_1love\/status\/2055948970195665274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The target in the first case was reportedly a critical communications hub of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, in a region that remains pivotal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This particular video is presented as the first recorded case of the use of unguided missiles via the built-in camera of the FP-1\/FP-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Incredible footage of a Ukrainian drone hitting a Russian warship in the Caspian Sea near Dagestan a huge distance from the frontline. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d5gjm4RwgY\">pic.twitter.com\/d5gjm4RwgY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WarMonitor\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@WarMonitor3) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WarMonitor3\/status\/2055968095311740986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, a video has been released showing a Ukrainian drone striking a Russian warship in the Caspian Sea, near the Dagestan region, at a particularly great distance from the front lines of the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 17, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a number of Russian targets using FP-2 unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with rockets. 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