Three people injured in a “massive attack” by Ukraine against the port of Berdyansk, in occupied Zaporizhzhia

Russia claims to have shot down more than 20 drones launched by kyiv in the last few hours

Oct. 31 () –

At least three people were injured this Thursday due to a “massive attack” by the Ukrainian Army against the port of Berdiansk, a Ukrainian city located in the province of Zaporizhia (east) under the control of Russian troops, according to reports. denounced the authorities established by Moscow after occupying the area.

The pro-Russian governor of Zaporizhia, Yevgeni Balitski, has stressed that “Berdyansk has been subjected to a massive terrorist attack” through the use of kamikaze drones. “For now there is confirmation of three victims, transferred to hospitals with injuries of varying severity,” he specified.

Likewise, it has announced the temporary closure of nurseries, schools and public organizations “for the duration of the threat” and “until the situation is completely stabilized”, while accusing Kiev of directly attacking “civilians”, according to a message in your Telegram account.

The British security company Ambrey said in a statement that “Ukrainian forces have carried out a drone attack against the port of Berdiansk, in Russian-occupied Ukraine.” “There are columns of smoke originating from the port area,” he added.

Zaporizhia, along with Donetsk, Lugansk and Kherson, all of them partially occupied within the framework of the Russian invasion, were annexed in October 2022 by Russia, a measure not recognized by the international community that was added to the annexation in 2014 of the Crimean peninsula by Moscow.

For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense has claimed to have shot down more than 21 drones launched by Ukraine in the last few hours and has accused kyiv of “trying to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned devices against targets in the Russian Federation.”

“Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 21 Ukrainian aircraft,” he noted, before detailing that eight of them were shot down in Rostov. To them are added five in Kursk, three in Volgograd, two in Bryansk and one in Belgorod, Voronezh and on the Black Sea.