As a result of a nighttime drone attack in annexed Crimea two Russian small landing craft were damagedreported the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, quoted by the Russian service of the BBC.
“Two amphibious ships have been damaged. And this operation will continue,” said GUR representative Andrey Yusov.
The department notes that it is about landing craft from project 11770 “Serna”. During the attack, according to the Central Intelligence Agency, the ships had a crew and armored equipment. The Russian military uses such boats with air defense systems to cover ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet during raids, as well as for landing groups of marines and for evacuation, the department said.
Earlier Russian media wrote about explosions in the Crimea region, in particular in Feodosia. The Russian Ministry of Defense, in turn, reported that on the night of Friday, November 10, the air defense systems intercepted two Ukrainian drones over the annexed Crimea, and another was shot down in the Tula region.
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According to a different version, it presents the Russian side, according to which two Ukrainian drones, shot down at night in Crimea by the air defense forces, fell in the area of the marine oil terminal in Feodosia, Kommersant claimsciting a law enforcement source.
The interlocutor of the publication said that it is assumed that both drones were shot down with small arms fireafter which one of them crashed on the territory of the oil depot. When the drone fell, it damaged the metal structure of the electrical substation building to control the fire system, then detonated, causing power outage to three tanks at the oil depot.
The second drone, according to the Kommersant source, exploded in the air, a its debris fell in a field 400 meters from the oil terminal and no damage was done.
The Russian Ministry of Defense on Friday announced, that air defense forces “intercepted two Ukrainian drones” over the territory of annexed Crimea. Exactly where is not specified. The media wrote about the explosions in Feodosia, and the Baza telegram channel indicated an oil depot in that city as the target of the attack.
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2023-11-10 15:50:15
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