Russian Navy repels drone attack in Crimea

March 22 () –

The Russian Navy has repelled an attack with surface drones in the city of Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula, during the early hours of this Wednesday.

Three vehicles have been destroyed while trying to enter the city’s bay, according to a statement on the official Telegram channel of the Governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev.

The Russian authorities have stated that there are no injuries and that no warships have suffered any damage.

Last Monday the Ukrainian Defense Ministry claimed that an explosion destroyed several Russian missiles that were being transported in the Crimean peninsula, without specifying whether the explosion was due to an attack by Ukrainian forces.

For his part, the Russian governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, assured that the city’s air defenses were activated on Monday night against a Russian drone attack, reporting only slight damage to civilian buildings and denying damage to military structures.

These attacks have been carried out just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Crimean peninsula for the first time in more than two years to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula’s incorporation into Russia in what Ukraine and its allies described it as an illegal annexation move.