Russia says it repelled Ukrainian drone attacks on Black Sea naval base and Crimea

Russia's Defense Ministry said Friday its forces had foiled separate Ukrainian drone attacks on Crimea and a nearby Black Sea naval base in southwest Russia.

Two uncrewed boats targeted the Novorossiysk naval base in Krasnodar province, the ministry said in a statement.

“In the course of repelling the attack, the uncrewed boats were visually detected and destroyed by fire from the standard weapons of Russian ships guarding the outer roadstead of the naval base,” it said. 

 The ministry also said it downed 10 drones over Crimea, the peninsula illegally annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014.

“Air defense systems worked in several districts of Crimea. All objects have been shot down,” said Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the Moscow-installed Crimea leader Sergey Aksyonov.