The Yuriy Ivanov class (Project 18280) is a type of Russian SIGINT intelligence collection ship.

The displacement of the ship is more than 4,000 tons, the cruising range not less than 8,000 miles (13,000 km) and its armament consists of light anti-aircraft weapons.

[1] The ship on its performance characteristics and capabilities is considerably superior to similar vessels of previous generations mainly due to the versatility and high level of automation and systems integration.

[3] Russia originally planned to build at least four such ships by 2020,[citation needed] but this date was later pushed back to 2025.

[6] Ukrainian defence intelligence confirmed the strike and said one of the drones had made contact with its target.