The Project 23900 multi-purpose amphibious assault ships Ivan Rogov and Mitrofan Moskalenko currently under construction at the Zaliv Shipyard in Kerch on the Crimean Peninsula will be adapted for carrying strike and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles, a source in the shipbuilding industry told TASS on Tuesday.

"In addition to carrying a group of seaborne helicopters, the Project 23900 multi-purpose amphibious assault ships will carry and exercise control of a certain number of strike and reconnaissance rotary-wing drones on their board," the source said.

The drones based on the decks of Project 23900 amphibious assault ships will boost the helicopter carriers’ combat capabilities, the source emphasized.

"The drones will be capable of effectively providing fire support for an amphibious assault force, reporting on the tactical environment in the area of its landing and in the course of special operations, ferreting out and, if necessary, eliminating stealth watercraft," the source added.

TASS has no official confirmation of this information yet.