Russia shoots down Ukrainian drone in Crimea, Kyiv retaliates

Kyiv Russian officials on Saturday claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian drone in Crimea. The Russian army also launched attacks in the northern and southern parts of Ukraine. Ukrainian officials said Russian forces have stepped up efforts to retake one of the few Ukrainian cities not previously under their control.

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Russian officials in Crimea said local air defense forces shot down a drone at the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. This is the second incident of drone attack on the headquarters in three weeks.

no loss of life or property
Oleg Kryuchkov, an aide to Crimean governor Sergei Aksyonov, also said on Saturday that “small drone strikes” had been carried out in western Crimea. “Air defense systems successfully targeted all drones over Crimea on Saturday morning,” the governor said on Telegram. No loss of life or property.’

Nine Russian warplanes were destroyed
These incidents highlight the weaknesses of the Russian military in Crimea. On July 31, five people were injured in a drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea naval headquarters. This week there was an explosion in a Russian ammunition warehouse in Crimea. Last week, nine Russian warplanes were destroyed at an air force base in Crimea.

Ukrainian army responsible for attack in Crimea
Ukrainian authorities have stopped publicly taking responsibility for the attacks. But President Volodymyr Zelensky has indicated that the Ukrainian military is responsible for the attacks in Crimea. Meanwhile, fighting has intensified in recent weeks in the southern Ukrainian regions north of Crimea. Ukraine’s military has been trying to drive Russia out of its occupied cities since the beginning of the six-month-old war.

12 people including three children injured in Russian missile attack
Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office said a Russian missile attack on Saturday in the city of Voznesensk in the Mykolaiv region wounded 12 people, including three children, and damaged several homes. Two children are seriously ill and one child has lost one eye.

air strikes continue
At the same time, Ukrainian airstrikes are also continuing. It attacked the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol in the Zaporizhia region. Ukraine’s military said on Saturday it had destroyed a Russian radar system and other equipment.

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