On the night of July 16, air defense systems (air defense), fleet and electronic warfare units (EW), Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev repelled an attack by nine drones in the region of Cape Hersones, Sevastopol Bay and Balaklava. aforementioned.
“One UAV was shot down over the sea and five were suppressed by electronic warfare forces. Also, two surface drones on the outer roadside were destroyed,” the governor wrote. Telegram.
Another drone was shot down near Cape Manganari in Sevastopol.
“The attack was huge and lasted a long time. Our army worked for all targets at sea and on the way to the bays. I emphasize: no objects were damaged, neither in the city nor in the water area, ”said Razvozhaev.
“Everything is calm in the city at the moment,” he said, but all operational services are on alert.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reacted to the attack
at the Russian Ministry of Defense approved fending off a drone attack, calling the event a terrorist attack. The agency said seven drones and two unmanned semi-submersible boats attempted to attack objects on the peninsula.
Two aircraft were destroyed by air defense off the coast over the Black Sea, and five more UAVs were crashed due to electronic warfare efforts.
“In the northern part of the Black Sea, two unmanned boats belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine were discovered and destroyed by fire from the standard weapons of the boats protecting the water zone,” the ministry said.
According to him, there were no casualties or damage.
night attack chronicle
Razvozhaev reported that the city was attacked by drones at three in the morning. An hour and a half ago, Volodymyr Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, and the Telegram channel reported the sounds of explosions in the city. Shot.
“So noisy in Sevastopol! They report on the air defense work of the RF Armed Forces from Sevastopol. At least twice,” wrote Rogov telegraph channel.
Shot reported that at least two powerful explosions were heard from the Sevastopol Bay.
In the midst of the drone attack, the movement of ferries and boats here was suspended.
“Sea passenger transport is not moving,” said the Sevastopol Ministry of Transport.
At the last stop points “Nakhimov Square” and “Zakharova Square” organized the work of buses. The movement of the sea transport resumed three hours later.
Sevastopol is the main base of the Black Sea Fleet. Since the summer of 2022, attacks on the city have increased significantly. The city mayor last gave information about the reflection of the drone attack on May 25. Then one drone lost control and crashed into a forest belt on the outskirts of Sevastopol, while the other two were shot down over the sea. On 19 May, air defense forces shot down four drones in northern Crimea.
The peninsula has been subject to a moderate level of intervention and a yellow (high) terrorist threat since October 2022.