Russian authorities said Monday they repelled a surface drone raid on the port of Sevastopol in annexed Crimea, headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, without causing any casualties or damage.
“
An attempted attack on Sevastopol was repelled from 3:30 a.m.
,” Russian-appointed Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvojayev said on Telegram.
“Combat Readiness”
“
One (naval) surface drone was destroyed by anti-sabotage forces, the second (drone) exploded on its own
,” he added, adding that the attack had been repelled in a roadstead outside. outside the port and that "
no infrastructure
" had been damaged.
Naval surface drones are craft that operate on the surface of the water, without a crew.
“
Currently, everything is calm in the city.
But all forces and services are in combat readiness
,” Mikhail Razvojayev added.
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Sevastopol is the home port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Since the launch of the offensive against Ukraine in February 2022, Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, has repeatedly been the target of aerial and naval drone attacks.
In mid-April, the authorities announced the cancellation of the celebrations of May 1 and 9 (date of the end of the Second World War in Russia) on the peninsula, citing "
security problems
".
