Attack of Ukrainian drones on Sevastopol. What is known about it

Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev informed about the destruction of three surface drones in the early morning of March 22. “They tried to get into the bay, our sailors fired at them from small arms. They also worked out air defense against an air target, ”he said in the Telegram channel.

Razvozzhaev specified that the windows of several buildings were shattered from the explosions of the destroyed enemy naval drones. People and military equipment were not injured as a result. “The situation is under control. All operational services are at the ready,” the governor wrote.

Two of the three drones that tried to hit objects in Sevastopol in the morning were destroyed by female soldiers, they will receive an award and a cash bonus, declared later, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting of the board of the department.

“Today, from 4 am to 5 hours 56 minutes, an attempt was made to hit our facilities in the Crimea in Sevastopol with unmanned aerial vehicles. All three vehicles were destroyed. <…> Two devices were destroyed by the senior sailor of the contract service Marina Alexandrovna Faleeva and the chief foreman Tseluiko Tatyana Vitalievna, ”said Shoigu (quoted by TASS).

According to military expert Yuri Knutov, heavy machine guns were used to disable them. He added that at the same time the attack was carried out by a drone from the air. “I think such a combined attack was prepared specifically to show that Ukraine is preparing for the upcoming offensive,” the expert told Vedomosti.

According to preliminary data, one surface craft was stopped at 4:46 a.m. in the north by a visual observation post on the ship, Rodion Miroshnik, former LPR ambassador to Russia, noted on his Telegram channel. Two more were destroyed at about 5 am on the way to the Sevastopol raid by rifle detachments. “Shortly before the attempted strike by our troops, a strike was made on the drone bases in the Odessa region. Probably not enough,” he said.

In Sevastopol, the movement of maritime passenger transport was temporarily suspended. The press service of the Black Sea Fleet reported on the exercises in the Black Sea on the morning of March 22.

“The naval strike group (KUG) of the Black Sea Fleet, consisting of the Admiral Makarov frigate, the Inquisitive patrol ship, the Vyshny Volochek and Grayvoron small missile ships, the R-60 and Ivanovets missile boats, carried out artillery and anti-aircraft rocket firing. According to the plan of the exercise, a group of enemy ships carried out a massive launch of cruise missiles at a detachment of ships of the Black Sea Fleet, ”the official statement says.

On March 20, the city of Dzhankoy, located in the north of Crimea, was attacked. The head of the peninsula, Sergei Aksyonov, said that the air defense system (air defense) had worked. “According to preliminary data, the wreckage damaged the household and the store. Unfortunately, one person was injured,” he wrote. Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of Crimea, said that the drones were targeting civilian targets, and the drones themselves were stuffed with explosives and shrapnel.