Direct proof of use
The Project 20380 / Steregushchiy-class corvette is documented in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War through RFS Boikiy, a Russian Baltic Fleet ship struck by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles at Kronstadt on June 3, 2026. Naval News reported that Ukrainian UAVs hit the Steregushchiy-class corvette Boikiy on the morning of June 3 while it was docked at the Veleshchynsjy dockyard for planned maintenance.
The New Voice of Ukraine reported that the video was shared by Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert Brovdi, who said units of the 1st Separate Center struck the Project 20380 corvette in Veleshchinsky Dry Dock at about 6:35 a.m. local time. Baird Maritime reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine released video footage of the attack and that the footage showed the vessel, identified by Ukrainian officials as Boiky, being hit at least twice near the superstructure.
Sources: Naval News Boiky Strike, NV Boikiy Strike Video, Baird Maritime Boiky Claim
Timeline
Boikiy entered Russian Navy service before the full-scale phase of the war. RussianShips.info lists the Project 20380 corvette Boikiy as commissioned on May 16, 2013.
On June 3, 2026, Ukrainian UAVs struck the ship at Kronstadt during a wider Ukrainian attack on targets in the Saint Petersburg region. Navy Lookout reported the strike time as 06:35 local time, identified the operators as the 1st Separate Centre of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, and said footage and later satellite imagery confirmed fire aboard the vessel.
Sources: RussianShips Project 20380, Naval News Boiky Strike, Navy Lookout Kronstadt Strike
Role in the Baltic deep-strike campaign
The sourced conflict record for Project 20380 in this war is not a documented missile launch or gunfire mission by Boikiy. It is the presence of a Russian guided-missile corvette in wartime Baltic Fleet service and its damage in a Ukrainian deep-strike operation far from the Ukrainian front line.
Naval News placed the strike within a broader Ukrainian UAV campaign against Russian military and economic targets in the Saint Petersburg region. Navy Lookout described the Kronstadt attack as an extension of Ukraine's long-range strike campaign and assessed that the vessel was hit amidships, damaging the integrated mast and sensor spaces. UNITED24 Media later reported satellite-image analysis suggesting severe damage to the Project 20380 corvette's superstructure and hull, while also noting that the strike was part of a broader overnight Ukrainian operation against Russian military and industrial infrastructure.
Baird Maritime reported that Russia's Ministry of Defence had not released a statement on the incident as of June 5, 2026. The record therefore separates the Ukrainian claim and video-backed reporting from unconfirmed casualty or repair-outcome claims.
Sources: Naval News Boiky Strike, Navy Lookout Kronstadt Strike, UNITED24 Boikiy Damage Assessment, Baird Maritime Boiky Claim
