Russia Says Downed 31 Ukrainian Drones In a single day

Russia stated Wednesday it had destroyed greater than 30 Ukrainian drones within the west in a single day, and stated its planes had additionally averted a Ukrainian try to penetrate Crimea by sea.

“Air protection techniques on responsibility over the territory of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk areas intercepted and destroyed 31 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial automobiles,” Russia’s protection ministry stated on the messaging platform Telegram.

It didn’t point out any casualties within the in a single day tried assault within the west of the nation, close to the frontlines the place battles are raging in Russia’s offensive in Ukraine.

Since Ukraine launched its counter-offensive in early June, Russia has weathered waves of drone assaults which have sporadically broken buildings, together with in Moscow.

Russian officers have downplayed their significance.

The governor of Bryansk, Aleksandr Bogomaz, additionally described on Telegram Wednesday how drones launched towards his metropolis in a single day had been destroyed by Russia’s air protection, including that “there have been no casualties or harm.”

He additionally stated cluster munitions had been dropped over 4 districts.

“In line with preliminary info, there have been no casualties. There may be partial destruction of residential households and outbuildings,” he wrote.

Additionally in a single day, the protection ministry stated the Russian airforce “stopped an try to penetrate the territory of Crimea by a touchdown group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”

The Ukrainians had been heading “within the path of Cape Tarkhankut on a high-speed navy boat and three jet skis,” it stated.

Ukraine has focused Crimea all through Russia’s offensive however assaults on navy installations there have lately intensified as Kyiv vows to recapture the peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014.

Moscow has repeatedly claimed to have halted makes an attempt by Ukrainian vessels to achieve Crimea.

On September 10, it stated it had destroyed three navy speedboats carrying Ukrainian troopers in direction of the peninsula.

On August 24, Ukraine in the meantime boasted that its particular forces had managed to land on the western a part of Crimea, the place that they had planted Ukraine’s nationwide flag, earlier than leaving “with out casualties.”

Late final month, Ukraine additionally launched an unprecedented missile strike on the naval headquarters on the peninsula.

Moscow stated that the assault left one Russian serviceman lacking, whereas Kyiv claimed that the strike killed thirty-four officers, together with the fleet commander, Viktor Sokolov.

Moscow has denied the declare.