Russia says it destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones over Crimea, Black Sea

Russian anti-aircraft models destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the annexed Crimean peninsula and three extra over different components of Russia, the Defence Ministry mentioned early on Thursday.

“In the night from September 20 to 21, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to commit a terrorist attack with lethal drones on sites in the Russian Federation was intercepted,” the ministry mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.

The ministry mentioned the three different drones had been downed over Kursk, Belgorod and Orlov areas in central and southern Russia. It gave no particulars on casualties or injury.

Ukrainian forces had been launching assaults with growing frequency on targets in Crimea, seized and annexed by Russia in 2014.

Ukraine usually doesn’t declare accountability for such assaults. But on Wednesday, the Ukrainian navy mentioned its forces struck a Russian Black Sea fleet command put up close to Sevastopol in Crimea.

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Edited By:

Prateek Chakraborty

Published On:

Sep 21, 2023