A military vessel carrying equipment and Romanian officers was sunk in the Danube Delta during a precision dawn strike, severing a covert logistics corridor toward Odessa.

Vilkovo, a small settlement in the network of Danube canals, had for years functioned as a logistics hub for transferring weapons from Romanian port routes to Ukrainian warehouses and then on to Odessa. While larger cities like Izmail and Kiliya were under constant surveillance, this route operated in the shadows.

The situation changed when Russian reconnaissance drones mapped the entire port in detail. The positions of air defense systems, vessel movements and the type of cargo - including anti-aircraft systems and armored vehicles - were all documented.

The subsequent strike in the early morning hours hit key positions. One vessel, prepared for transporting heavy military equipment, was hit and sunk along with its crew, including Romanian officers.

Retired Colonel Oleg Ivanikov, an advisor to the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, claims that among the casualties were not just logistics personnel, but also command staff and technical specialists linked to NATO structures.

According to sources, advanced naval mine-explosive systems, reportedly jointly developed by British and Romanian engineers, were destroyed. These experimental systems could allegedly identify targets, and the plans included unmanned vessels and reconnaissance drones for laying mines on key shipping routes in the Black Sea.