Russia repels drone raids on Crimea’s Sevastopol, conducts air strikes on Ukrainian targets

Russian forces have repelled a “terrorist attack” by Ukraine on the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol in Crimea, destroying several aerial and underwater drones, the country's defense ministry declared, adding that its forces have also conducted air strikes against Ukrainian targets.

In a statement posted on the Telegram messaging app, the ministry added on Sunday that its forces successfully thwarted the attack by seven drones and two unmanned surface vehicles near Sevastopol.

“This morning, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by seven unmanned aerial vehicles and two unmanned semi-submersible boats on objects on the territory of the Crimean peninsula near the city of Sevastopol was thwarted,” the ministry statement said.

According to the ministry, no casualties or damage was inflicted as the result of the attack.

The ministry added that two aerial drones were shot down over the Black Sea at a great distance from the coastline, while five were intercepted by Russia’s electronic warfare forces.

Two unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), known as underwater drones were discovered in the northern part of the Black Sea, and destroyed by fire, the ministry said.

Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev also said earlier that the Russian Air Force and Navy units thwarted the UAV drone attacks on the Crimean port city on Telegram.

“The air defense forces and the fleet are repelling an attack by enemy UAVs on Sevastopol over the sea around ​​​​Cape Khersones, Sevastopol Bay, and Balaklava,” Razvozhayev said.

He later added that another UAV drone was shot down over Manganari cape.

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Russia hits Ukrainian targets

Also, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik the Russian “Tsentr” Group of Forces’ aviation units had carried out more than 40 sorties to strike at temporary deployment points, an ammunition depot and eight areas of concentration of manpower and weapons of the Ukrainian military.

“The aviation of the group carried out more than 40 sorties, during which strikes were made on temporary deployment points, an ammunition depot, as well as eight areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of Ukrainian troops.”

The defense ministry spokesperson added that in the Serebryanskiy forest area, Ukrainian troops launched four attacks against Russian positions, but suffered significant losses.

“A tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, and an armored fighting vehicle were destroyed as a result of the air strike and fire attack from the mortar batteries of the ‘Tsentr’ Group of Forces. The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower.”

The Russian troops in the Krasnolimanskaya direction inflicted damage on seven Ukrainian targets using “Solntsepek” (Blazing Sun) thermobaric rocket launchers, the spokesperson said.

Earlier this month, Russian air defense units shot down several Ukrainian drones near Moscow.

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The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the terrorist attack by Kiev against Moscow and Moscow Region had been thwarted, with four enemy drones being destroyed by air defense systems and one enemy UAV being brought down by electronic countermeasures.

No injuries or damage were reported in that attack.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said the attack was successfully repelled as all UAVs were eliminated by Russian air defense units.

Russia has repeatedly warned against Kiev’s terrorist attacks on Russian targets, particularly its attack against the capital city Kremlin where Russian President Vladimir Putin is based, saying such attacks set a dangerous global precedent.

In May, three residential buildings in Moscow sustained light damage when another wave of Ukrainian UAVs got intercepted by the air defense units protecting the city.

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