A view of a drone throughout the screening of brand-new military devices, consisting of FPV drones, by soldiers from the 24 th Separate Mechanized Brigade on the training location amidst Russia-Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 03,2023
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Russian forces damaged 20 Ukrainian drones introduced onto the Crimean Peninsula early on Saturday, Russia’s defense ministry stated.
There were no casualties and no damage as an outcome of the tried attack, the ministry stated on the Telegram messaging app. It stated 14 drones were damaged by air defense systems and 6 were reduced by electronic warfare.
Reuters might not individually validate the report.
It was not instantly clear what was targeted in the reported attacks on the Russian- annexed peninsula.
Sergei Kryuchkov, a consultant to the Russia- set up guv of Crimea, stated previously that air defense systems were participated in fending off air attack in various parts of the peninsula.
Crimea transportation authorities stated on their Telegram channel that traffic on the Crimean Bridge, which connects the Black Sea peninsula with the Russian area of Krasnodar, was suspended for about 2 hours from 1: 30 a.m. (2230 GMT).
Drone attacks on Russian- managed areas in Ukraine and deep within Russia have actually increased because a drone was damaged over the Kremlin in earlyMay
Ukraine nearly never ever openly declares duty for the attacks however has actually stated damaging Russia’s military facilities is vital for Kyiv’s counteroffensive.
Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, 8 years prior to President Vladimir Putin bought the major intrusion of Russia’s next-door neighbor in February in 2015.
