 U.S. made a military speedboat destroyed off Ukrainian coast, Russia. Russian forces have destroyed a U.S.-made speedboat carrying a Ukrainian amphibious team in the northern part of the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported. The boat was struck east of Snake Island, the statement said, referring to a small area of land off the Ukrainian coast and close to Romanian territorial waters. The Russian military had identified the target as a willed sea-force watercraft and destroyed it in an airstrike the ministry added. California-based Willard Marine sold five boats to the Ukrainian military in 2013 with the U.S. funding the acquisition according to media reports. The vessels were delivered to Odessa in 2015. Eight boats were purchased from the same source several years prior when Kiev footed the bill. The sea-force line includes a range of rigid inflatable patrol boats. Marine purchased versions suitable for a team of up to 6, 10 or 26 troops depending on the size of the model. Snake Island was captured by Russian forces shortly after hostilities with Ukraine broke out in February 2022. The Russian Defense Ministry withdrew troops from the island in June in what Kiev claimed to be a major military victory.