MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday mentioned it has downed 170 drones and greater than 10 guided missiles in a single day over Crimea and several other border areas with Ukraine. In a press launch on its Telegram channel, the defence ministry mentioned between 22:00 hours Friday and 05:00 hours Saturday, Russian air defence items have destroyed 96 fastened wing drones over Crimea, 47 over Krasnodar territory, 9 over Rostov, 8 every over Bryansk and Kursk areas in South West of Moscow. Two UAVs have been additionally downed over the Belgorod area.
Apart from these, 8 Britain-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles and three Ukraine-developed Neptune-MD guided missiles have been destroyed over the Black Sea. Within the early hours on Saturday, 14 Ukrainian naval drones have been destroyed within the Black Sea, the ministry mentioned.
In the meantime, governors of some areas have reported civilian harm from Ukrainian drone strikes.
“Two adults and two kids have been evacuated after fragments from a downed UAV brought on a fireplace on the roof of a home within the village of Tselina. A non-residential constructing was additionally broken,” RT.com information portal reported, quoting Rostov Governor Yuri Slyusar.
Slyusar mentioned the drones have been intercepted over a number of areas, together with the mining cities of Novoshakhtinsk and Kamensk-Shakhtinsky. Within the Krasnodar area, officers mentioned “drone fragments” broken three homes in Anapa, a resort city on the Black Coastline.
Telegram channels reported drone assaults within the port cities of Novorossiysk and Taman close to Crimea, with UAV particles discovered scattered on the streets.
The authorities in Novorossiysk, residence to a Russian naval base, mentioned the army was responding to “an assault by UAVs and naval drones”. A drone crashed right into a high-rise condo constructing within the metropolis.
Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev mentioned 4 folks, together with two kids, have been injured in Novorossiysk, the place drone strikes broken three condo blocks and sparked a fireplace at a grain terminal.
Ukraine, which has refused to recognise Crimea as a part of Russia below the peace deal supplied by US President Donald Trump, has escalated its strikes on the peninsula and adjoining coastal areas during the last two days with the assistance Western provided weapons.
