More Black Sea Naval Action Reporting

Russian news is now reporting that the Black Sea Fleet sunk not one, but two Georgian patrol vessels. The first boat sunk is claimed to be a 205 missile boat, while the second boat is claimed to be the Georgian patrol boat project 1400 M "Grif". The article includes a quote from the Russian statement on the naval action.

The use of force will be carried out in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter in order to realize the inherent right to self defense.

An unconfirmed report here suggests "the Russian boats "Mirazh", "Kasimov" and the R-109 expended 2 "Malakhit" missiles (SS-N-9s), one Osa missile (presumably a SA-N-4 in surface to surface mode) and 50 76mm rounds sinking the boat."

Is that information credible? Not sure, LiveJournal is widely used by a number of Russian armed service folks involved in the actions in Georgia. We have followed a lot of LiveJournal activity over the weekend, and a lot of it has turned out to be good information. This is unverified information, but worth a mention.