By way of Reuters: Russia’s defence ministry stated its forces had averted Ukraine from attacking the Black Sea port of Sevastopol on Sunday, destroying seven aerial and two underwater drones.
“This morning, an try via the Kyiv regime to hold out a terrorist assault via seven unmanned aerial automobiles and two unmanned underwater automobiles on items at the territory of the Crimean Peninsula close to town of Sevastopol was once thwarted,” the ministry stated at the Telegram messaging app.
There have been no casualties and no harm, the ministry added.
It stated that two aerial drones had been shot down over the Black Sea at a really perfect distance from the sea coast, whilst 5 had been intercepted via Russia’s digital war forces.
Two unmanned underwater automobiles (UUV), referred to as underwater drones had been found out within the northern a part of the Black Sea, and destroyed via hearth, the ministry stated.
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Previous, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, stated at the Telegram messaging app that the assaults had been over the harbour of Sevastopol and town’s Balaklava and Khersones districts.
Maritime delivery, together with passenger ferries, was once suspended for a number of hours early on Sunday, town’s Moscow-backed delivery government stated on their Telegram channel.
Reuters may no longer independently check the experiences.
There was once no rapid remark from Ukraine at the assault on Sevastopol, a port within the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
Ukraine nearly by no means publicly claims duty for assaults within Russia or on Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine, however has been pronouncing in contemporary months that destroying Russia’s army infrastructure is helping Kyiv’s counteroffensive.
