The Daily Populous Saturday October 4th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by Leatherfey

Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) have struck one of Russia's newest warships as it sailed through Lake Onega in Russia's Republic of Karelia.

Details: A SOF unit carried out a successful strike at 04:31 on 4 October on a small missile ship Grad (hull number 575) of the Project 21631 Buyan-M, in Lake Onega, Russia's Republic of Karelia.

The missile carrier was travelling from the Baltic Sea towards the Caspian Sea. The strike hit the right section of the ship's engine compartment. Further details are being clarified.

The Grad is one of Russia's newest and most advanced vessels, commissioned into the Russian Baltic Fleet on 29 December 2022. Its primary armament is the Kalibr-NK missile system.

Background: The General Staff of Ukraine reported that a number of important facilities and targets belonging to Russia had been struck on the night of 3-4 October, including an oil refinery and a small missile ship.

Thurak0 on October 4th, 2025 at 11:38 UTC »

TIL: Ships actually can go from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea (via the mentioned Lake Onega)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Deep_Water_System_of_European_Russia

> The depth is mostly guaranteed at only 4 metres (13 ft)

More than I expected, honestly.

008Zulu on October 4th, 2025 at 11:28 UTC »

"The missile carrier was travelling from the Baltic Sea towards the Caspian Sea. The strike hit the right section of the ship's engine compartment. Further details are being clarified.

The Grad is one of Russia's newest and most advanced vessels, commissioned into the Russian Baltic Fleet on 29 December 2022. Its primary armament is the Kalibr-NK missile system."

I hope it did more than just scorch the hull.

AmethystWind on October 4th, 2025 at 11:08 UTC »

Hope they sank it.