The forces of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation repulsed the attacks of three Ukrainian drones over the sea near Sevastopol. Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev wrote this on his Telegram channel.
Our fleet also repelled the attacks of 3 UAVs over the water area today.”
A few hours ago, Razvozhaev reported that Sevastopol was attacked by drones.
“Our deployed air defense forces are currently operating. According to preliminary information, two UAVs were shot down.
Adding that the civilian facilities in the city were not damaged and nothing caught fire, the President urged the residents of Sevastopol to remain calm.
Finally, according to Razvozhaev, the Russian air defense shot down two more drones on the approach to the Balaklava thermal power plant.
“… again they tried to attack our Balaklava TPP. They probably wanted to time the attack with their terrorist act 7 years ago, when they blew up a power line in the Kherson region on November 22 and blackouts occurred in Crimea and Sevastopol. It didn’t work,” said the Governor.
added, “Now [Севастополе] silence”.
After Razvozhaev’s first report of the drone raid, the city government announced the suspension of the sea passenger transport movement. An hour after the attack, the movement of the boats and the ferry was restored.
previous attack
On October 29, Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev announced that Ukrainian drones had attacked the Sevastopol bay. The Department of Defense confirmed this, describing the incident as a “terrorist attack”. According to the ministry, Russian ships opened fire on nine aircraft and seven seaplanes.
No casualties were reported in the attack. The minesweeper Ivan Golubets and the barrier in Yuzhnaya Bay were damaged.
On the same day, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the indefinite suspension of Russia’s participation in the “grain deal”. Regarding the incident, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that the Russian side “cannot guarantee the safety of civilian dry cargo ships”.
The US and the EU urged Moscow to reverse this decision. The UN urged to abandon steps that could jeopardize the agreement. “Russia is exacerbating the food crisis,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that on October 29, unmanned aerial vehicles that attacked ships of the Black Sea Fleet were launched from the coast near Odessa. According to the agency, before the attack, the drones were moving in the security zone of the “grain corridor” created for the export of food from Ukrainian ports. According to the Ministry of Defense, Canadian navigation modules were installed on the drones, which made it possible to determine the coordinates of movement.
As early as November 2, the Russian Federation returned to join the grain agreement after receiving written guarantees from Ukraine that the grain corridor would not be used for military operations against Moscow.