Two unmanned surface vehicles trying to enter the Sevastopol Bay were destroyed by female soldiers. This was reported by TASS with reference to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
“with today [четырех до шести часов утра] An attempt was made to hit our facilities in Crimea in Sevastopol with drones. All three vehicles were destroyed. At a meeting of the college of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, two devices were destroyed by Marina Alexandrovna Faleeva, the senior sailor of the contract service, and Tseluiko Tatyana Vitalievna, the chief foreman.
Shoigu instructed Faleev and Tseluiko to present rewards and give them cash bonuses for the destruction of enemy facilities.
On the morning of March 22, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozzhaev reported on his Telegram channel that drones attacked the city. The attack was repelled by the forces of the Black Sea Fleet.
“Them [аппараты] tried to enter the bay, our sailors opened fire on them from small arms. Air defense also worked on an air target, ”wrote the official.
According to him, ships belonging to the Black Sea Fleet were not damaged as a result of the attack, but drone explosions broke the windows of a number of buildings.
“From the explosion of destroyed enemy navy drones on buildings. [улице] The windows of the Moscow House of 2-year-old Lenina were smashed. No one was harmed,” the governor stressed.
According to the Baza Telegram channel, residents of Sevastopol on social networks claim that they heard several loud explosions above the city, and also noticed a fire in the bay.
The message says “no arrivals recorded”.
drones in water
In early February 2023, Valery Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told General Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the US Armed Forces:
The Russian army uses surface aircraft during the NWO.
“Shared [с Милли] In a social media post, Zalugny said he is concerned about Russia’s use of sea surface drones that pose a threat to civilian shipping in the Black Sea.
UNIAN released the video of the attack by the “surface object” on the bridge in the coastal village of Zatoka in the Odessa region. Officially, the Ukrainian authorities did not comment on this event. Russian Channel One also broadcast these images.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation did not report the use of surface drones.
In November 2022, Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozzhaev proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to create a center for the development and production of naval drones in the city. “In Sevastopol it will be possible to create qualifications for the development of naval drones – unmanned vehicles,” Razvozhaev said.
October attack
On October 29, 2022, Razvozhaev reported on his Telegram channel that Russian air defense systems destroyed a surface drone and a flying drone in the waters of the Sevastopol Bay.
“In the dormitory of the Sevastopol Professional Art College in Khruleva, located next to the water field, a windowpane burst loudly. No one was hurt,” the official added.
At the same time, he asked the people of Sevastopol not to report what, where and when they saw what, because such information is so necessary for the Ukrainian troops to “understand how the defense is built” of Sevastopol.