Finland confirms Ukraine struck Russian missile ship near Gogland Island

Finland's defense forces confirmed that on November 11, Ukraine attacked the Russian missile ship Naro-Fominsk in the Gulf of Finland near Gogland Island, approximately 40 kilometers from the Finnish city of Kotka. The Finnish military verified the strike in response to a journalist inquiry but did not specify where, when, or how it was detected, and saw no direct military threat to Finland. Two senior officials also told Yle that Finland noticed the attack. Estonia's Defense Minister Martin Herem reported the ship headed toward St. Petersburg after the strike, with damage and crew casualties unknown. The attack occurred during a broader Ukrainian operation on the night of November 11 targeting the port of Ust-Luga in Leningrad Oblast, damaging five fuel reservoirs totaling 150,000 cubic meters, a hydrocracking unit, and a loading pier. The Naro-Fominsk, a Buyan-M class corvette launched in 2022, carries Kalibr and Oniks missiles.