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Ukraine Debuts Truck-Mounted Harpoons, Cites Black Sea Gains

7/5/2026

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Ukraine unveiled a truck-mounted Harpoon launcher in Odesa during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit.
Zelensky said Russia has lost the Black Sea and displayed a chart of dozens of vessels destroyed or damaged.
The Ukrainian Navy has struck Russian warships and Crimea’s ports with long-range missiles, naval drones and raids.
U.S.-supplied ERAM cruise missiles, used since 2022, sank the rescue tug Vasily Bekh and support the Air Force’s Counter-Air Missile Program.

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Ukraine unveiled a truck-mounted Harpoon launcher in Odesa during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit.
Zelensky said Russia has lost the Black Sea and displayed a chart of dozens of vessels destroyed or damaged.
The Ukrainian Navy has struck Russian warships and Crimea’s ports with long-range missiles, naval drones and raids.
U.S.-supplied ERAM cruise missiles, used since 2022, sank the rescue tug Vasily Bekh and support the Air Force’s Counter-Air Missile Program.