The Russian Navy's tugboat was hit by two Harpoon missiles in the Black Sea.
It is the first time that Ukraine has said it destroyed a Russian vessel with Western weaponry.
The attack was announced on the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian armed forces. The anti-ship missile is said to be blowing up the vessel. The footage could not be verified by Insider.
The head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration said that the naval forces hit the Black Sea Fleet support vessel with the anti-aircraft missile system. He sank later.
The Ukrainian military claimed that the Vasily Bekha was transporting weapons and personnel for the Black Sea Fleet.
The Harpoon anti-ship missiles were part of a multi-billion dollar aid package championed by President Joe Biden.
On June 15, the US Department of Defense said it would supply truck-mounted Harpoons.
In addition to the US missiles, Ukrainians have developed their own sea warfare weaponry. The flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, the Moskva, was sunk by Ukrainian forces in April.
Russian tanks, armored combat vehicles, and 14 ships or vessels have been destroyed by the Ukrainian military since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, it said on the Telegram channel.
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