There were 17 drones: Russian Ministry of Defense reports details of UAV attack on Crimea (video)
According to the aggressor country’s ministry, electronic warfare systems allegedly “landed” 14 Ukrainian drones, 11 of which crashed in the Black Sea. The statement by the Russian Defense Ministry contradicts the words of Sergei Aksyonov, who previously reported that at least one UAV had hit an ammunition depot.
At night, on July 24, explosions were heard in the Dzhankoy district of the occupied Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry responded to the drone attack and released new details.
“During the night of July 24, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with seventeen unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of the Crimean peninsula was prevented,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Russia said that electronic warfare systems destroyed 14 Ukrainian drones, 11 of which crashed in the Black Sea, and the other three crashed on the territory of the temporarily occupied peninsula. The other three UAVs were destroyed by air defense systems, the ministry said.
They add that no one was injured in the drone attack.
It should be noted that the clarified statement of the Russian Defense Ministry contradicts the words of the head of the occupation administration of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, who previously reported that at least one UAV had been hit by an ammunition depot.
On the morning of July 24, a partial evacuation of the population was announced in Crimea due to UAV attacks. Traffic on the Crimean bridge was also closed The first reports of explosions near the village of Krasnohvardiyske appeared online around 8:00. In particular, Krasnogvardeiskoye is a village in the central region of the peninsula, through which the M18 highway, connecting Dzhankoy and Simferopol, passes.
The video from the scene showed columns of smoke and sounds similar to the detonation of a gas canister. The information about one drone hitting the BC warehouse in Dzhankoy district was confirmed by the head of the occupation authorities of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov.
Also on July 22, there was an official confirmation of the AFU attack on the oil depot and warehouses of the Russian Federation in Oktyabrske.
